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: 2015

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Laeops nigromaculatus
      Species - Laeops parviceps
      Species - Laeops pectoralis
      Species - Laeops kitaharae
      Species - Laeops clarus
      Species - Laeops gracilis
      Species - Laeops guentheri
      Species - Laeops lanceolata
      Species - Laeops natalensis
      Species - Laeops sinusarabici
      Species - Laeops tungkongensis
      Species - Laeops macrophthalmus
      Species - Laeops nigrescens