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

  Subfamily - Sparisomatinae
  Family - Scaridae
  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 - Sparisoma atomarium
      Species - Sparisoma aurofrenatum
      Species - Sparisoma chrysopterum
      Species - Sparisoma radians
      Species - Sparisoma rubripinne
      Species - Sparisoma viride
      Species - Sparisoma cretense
      Species - Sparisoma strigatum
      Species - Sparisoma amplum
      Species - Sparisoma axillare
      Species - Sparisoma frondosum
      Species - Sparisoma griseorubrum
      Species - Sparisoma tuiupiranga