NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Suborder

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2015

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Family - Citharidae
      Family - Scophthalmidae
      Family - Bothidae
      Family - Pleuronectidae
      Family - Soleidae
      Family - Cynoglossidae
      Family - Achiridae
      Family - Paralichthyidae
      Family - Samaridae
      Family - Achiropsettidae
      Family - Paralichthodidae
      Family - Poecilopsettidae
      Family - Rhombosoleidae