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: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Congridae
  Suborder - Congroidei
  Order - Anguilliformes
  Superorder - Elopomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Genus - Ariosoma
      Genus - Paraconger
      Genus - Parabathymyrus
      Genus - Bathymyrus
      Genus - Chiloconger
      Genus - Poeciloconger
      Genus - Kenyaconger
      Species - Leptocephalus pseudomicrocephalus
      Species - Ophisoma prorigerum