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: 2008

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Trichiurinae
  Family - Trichiuridae
  Suborder - Scombroidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Trichiurus lepturus
      Species - Trichiurus nitens
      Species - Trichiurus auriga
      Species - Trichiurus gangeticus
      Species - Trichiurus brevis
      Species - Trichiurus japonicus
      Species - Trichiurus nanhaiensis
      Species - Trichiurus margarites
      Species - Trichiurus russelli
      Species - Trichiurus nickolensis
      Species - Trichiurus australis