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

      Direct Children

      Species - Dischistodus perspicillatus
      Species - Dischistodus chrysopoecilus
      Species - Dischistodus darwiniensis
      Species - Dischistodus fasciatus
      Species - Dischistodus prosopotaenia
      Species - Dischistodus melanotus
      Species - Dischistodus pseudochrysopoecilus