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 - Balistidae
  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 - Xanthichthys ringens
      Species - Xanthichthys auromarginatus
      Species - Xanthichthys mento
      Species - Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus
      Species - Xanthichthys lineopunctatus
      Species - Xanthichthys lima
      Species - Xanthichthys greenei