NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Order

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Superorder - Ostariophysi
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Characidae
      Family - Erythrinidae
      Family - Ctenoluciidae
      Family - Hepsetidae
      Family - Cynodontidae
      Family - Lebiasinidae
      Family - Gasteropelecidae
      Family - Curimatidae
      Family - Anostomidae
      Family - Hemiodontidae
      Family - Citharinidae
      Family - Alestiidae
      Family - Acestrorhynchidae