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 - Sphoeroides maculatus
      Species - Sphoeroides testudineus
      Species - Sphoeroides annulatus
      Species - Sphoeroides dorsalis
      Species - Sphoeroides greeleyi
      Species - Sphoeroides marmoratus
      Species - Sphoeroides nephelus
      Species - Sphoeroides pachygaster
      Species - Sphoeroides parvus
      Species - Sphoeroides spengleri
      Species - Sphoeroides lobatus
      Species - Sphoeroides trichocephalus
      Species - Sphoeroides andersonianus
      Species - Sphoeroides angusticeps
      Species - Sphoeroides georgemilleri
      Species - Sphoeroides kendalli
      Species - Sphoeroides lispus
      Species - Sphoeroides nitidus
      Species - Sphoeroides rosenblatti
      Species - Sphoeroides sechurae
      Species - Sphoeroides tyleri
      Species - Sphoeroides yergeri