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 - Ptereleotrinae
  Family - Microdesmidae
  Suborder - Gobioidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ptereleotris microlepis
      Species - Ptereleotris heteroptera
      Species - Ptereleotris helenae
      Species - Ptereleotris calliura
      Species - Ptereleotris arabica
      Species - Ptereleotris carinata
      Species - Ptereleotris evides
      Species - Ptereleotris grammica
      Species - Ptereleotris hanae
      Species - Ptereleotris lineopinnis
      Species - Ptereleotris melanopogon
      Species - Ptereleotris monoptera
      Species - Ptereleotris randalli
      Species - Ptereleotris uroditaenia
      Species - Ptereleotris zebra