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: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Synbranchidae
  Suborder - Synbranchoidei
  Order - Synbranchiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ophisternon bengalense
      Species - Ophisternon aenigmaticum
      Species - Ophisternon afrum
      Species - Ophisternon candidum
      Species - Ophisternon gutturale
      Species - Ophisternon infernale