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

      Direct Children

      Species - Ostracion whitleyi
      Species - Ostracion meleagris
      Species - Ostracion cubicus
      Species - Ostracion cyanurus
      Species - Ostracion immaculatus
      Species - Ostracion nasus
      Species - Ostracion rhinorhynchos
      Species - Ostracion solorensis
      Species - Ostracion trachys