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: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Monacanthidae
  Suborder - Balistoidei
  Order - Tetraodontiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Cantherhines macrocerus
      Species - Cantherhines pullus
      Species - Cantherhines verecundus
      Species - Cantherhines pardalis
      Species - Cantherhines fronticinctus
      Species - Cantherhines sandwichiensis
      Species - Cantherhines dumerilii
      Species - Cantherhines longicaudus
      Species - Cantherhines multilineatus
      Species - Cantherhines rapanui
      Species - Cantherhines nukuhiva
      Species - Cantherhines cerinus