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

      Direct Children

      Species - Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
      Species - Pseudoscopelus scriptus
      Species - Pseudoscopelus scutatus
      Species - Pseudoscopelus cephalus
      Species - Pseudoscopelus microps
      Species - Pseudoscopelus obtusifrons
      Species - Pseudoscopelus stellatus