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 - Labrisomidae
  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 - Malacoctenus aurolineatus
      Species - Malacoctenus gilli
      Species - Malacoctenus macropus
      Species - Malacoctenus triangulatus
      Species - Malacoctenus boehlkei
      Species - Malacoctenus erdmani
      Species - Malacoctenus versicolor
      Species - Malacoctenus delalandii
      Species - Malacoctenus africanus
      Species - Malacoctenus costaricanus
      Species - Malacoctenus ebisui
      Species - Malacoctenus gigas
      Species - Malacoctenus hubbsi
      Species - Malacoctenus margaritae
      Species - Malacoctenus tetranemus
      Species - Malacoctenus zacae
      Species - Malacoctenus zonifer
      Species - Malacoctenus zonogaster