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 - Opistognathidae
  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 - Stalix histrio
      Species - Stalix davidsheni
      Species - Stalix dicra
      Species - Stalix eremia
      Species - Stalix flavida
      Species - Stalix immaculata
      Species - Stalix moenensis
      Species - Stalix omanensis
      Species - Stalix sheni
      Species - Stalix toyoshio
      Species - Stalix versluysi