NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subfamily

Taxonomic Status

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

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Myctophidae
  Order - Myctophiformes
  Superorder - Scopelomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Symbolophorus
      Genus - Tarletonbeania
      Genus - Diogenichthys
      Genus - Benthosema
      Genus - Protomyctophum
      Genus - Hygophum
      Genus - Gonichthys
      Genus - Loweina
      Genus - Myctophum
      Genus - Centrobranchus
      Genus - Electrona
      Genus - Metelectrona
      Genus - Krefftichthys