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

      Direct Children

      Species - Choerodon anchorago
      Species - Choerodon cephalotes
      Species - Choerodon cyanodus
      Species - Choerodon schoenleinii
      Species - Choerodon venustus
      Species - Choerodon vitta
      Species - Choerodon fasciatus
      Species - Choerodon gymnogenys
      Species - Choerodon azurio
      Species - Choerodon cauteroma
      Species - Choerodon frenatus
      Species - Choerodon graphicus
      Species - Choerodon jordani
      Species - Choerodon margaritiferus
      Species - Choerodon melanostigma
      Species - Choerodon oligacanthus
      Species - Choerodon paynei
      Species - Choerodon robustus
      Species - Choerodon rubescens
      Species - Choerodon sugillatum
      Species - Choerodon zamboangae
      Species - Choerodon zosterophorus
      Species - Choerodon monostigma
      Species - Choerodon gomoni