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 - Arothron hispidus
      Species - Arothron meleagris
      Species - Arothron immaculatus
      Species - Arothron inconditus
      Species - Arothron nigropunctatus
      Species - Arothron stellatus
      Species - Arothron reticularis
      Species - Arothron manilensis
      Species - Arothron caeruleopunctatus
      Species - Arothron carduus
      Species - Arothron diadematus
      Species - Arothron firmamentum
      Species - Arothron mappa
      Species - Arothron multilineatus
      Species - Arothron leopardus