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

      Direct Children

      Species - Meiacanthus grammistes
      Species - Meiacanthus abditus
      Species - Meiacanthus anema
      Species - Meiacanthus atrodorsalis
      Species - Meiacanthus bundoon
      Species - Meiacanthus crinitus
      Species - Meiacanthus ditrema
      Species - Meiacanthus fraseri
      Species - Meiacanthus geminatus
      Species - Meiacanthus kamoharai
      Species - Meiacanthus limbatus
      Species - Meiacanthus lineatus
      Species - Meiacanthus luteus
      Species - Meiacanthus mossambicus
      Species - Meiacanthus naevius
      Species - Meiacanthus nigrolineatus
      Species - Meiacanthus oualanensis
      Species - Meiacanthus phaeus
      Species - Meiacanthus procne
      Species - Meiacanthus reticulatus
      Species - Meiacanthus smithi
      Species - Meiacanthus tongaensis
      Species - Meiacanthus urostigma
      Species - Meiacanthus vicinus
      Species - Meiacanthus vittatus