NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Polynemidae
  Suborder - Percoidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Polydactylus octonemus
      Species - Polydactylus virginicus
      Species - Polydactylus approximans
      Species - Polydactylus oligodon
      Species - Polydactylus opercularis
      Species - Polydactylus sexfilis
      Species - Polydactylus plebeius
      Species - Polydactylus multiradiatus
      Species - Polydactylus sextarius
      Species - Polydactylus microstomus
      Species - Polydactylus macrochir
      Species - Polydactylus bifurcus
      Species - Polydactylus longipes
      Species - Polydactylus macrophthalmus
      Species - Polydactylus malagasyensis
      Species - Polydactylus mullani
      Species - Polydactylus nigripinnis
      Species - Polydactylus persicus
      Species - Polydactylus quadrifilis
      Species - Polydactylus siamensis