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: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Chaetodontidae
  Suborder - Percoidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Prognathodes aculeatus
      Species - Prognathodes falcifer
      Species - Prognathodes marcellae
      Species - Prognathodes dichrous
      Species - Prognathodes guezei
      Species - Prognathodes guyotensis
      Species - Prognathodes carlhubbsi
      Species - Prognathodes aya
      Species - Prognathodes brasiliensis
      Species - Prognathodes guyanensis
      Species - Prognathodes obliquus