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

  Subfamily - Tetraodontinae
  Family - Tetraodontidae
  Suborder - Tetraodontoidei
  Order - Tetraodontiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lagocephalus laevigatus
      Species - Lagocephalus lagocephalus
      Species - Lagocephalus inermis
      Species - Lagocephalus lunaris
      Species - Lagocephalus sceleratus
      Species - Lagocephalus spadiceus
      Species - Lagocephalus gloveri
      Species - Lagocephalus suezensis
      Species - Lagocephalus cheesemanii
      Species - Lagocephalus guentheri