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 - Scarinae
  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 - Chlorurus japanensis
      Species - Chlorurus sordidus
      Species - Chlorurus atrilunula
      Species - Chlorurus bleekeri
      Species - Chlorurus bowersi
      Species - Chlorurus capistratoides
      Species - Chlorurus cyanescens
      Species - Chlorurus enneacanthus
      Species - Chlorurus frontalis
      Species - Chlorurus genazonatus
      Species - Chlorurus gibbus
      Species - Chlorurus microrhinos
      Species - Chlorurus oedema
      Species - Chlorurus perspicillatus
      Species - Chlorurus rhakoura
      Species - Chlorurus strongylocephalus
      Species - Chlorurus troschelii