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 - Torquigener hypselogeneion
      Species - Torquigener altipinnis
      Species - Torquigener andersonae
      Species - Torquigener balteus
      Species - Torquigener brevipinnis
      Species - Torquigener flavimaculosus
      Species - Torquigener florealis
      Species - Torquigener gloerfelti
      Species - Torquigener hicksi
      Species - Torquigener pallimaculatus
      Species - Torquigener parcuspinus
      Species - Torquigener paxtoni
      Species - Torquigener perlevis
      Species - Torquigener pleurogramma
      Species - Torquigener randalli
      Species - Torquigener squamicauda
      Species - Torquigener tuberculiferus
      Species - Torquigener vicinus
      Species - Torquigener whitleyi
      Species - Torquigener albomaculosus
      Species - Torquigener marleyi