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

  Subfamily - Distichodontinae
  Family - Citharinidae
  Order - Characiformes
  Superorder - Ostariophysi
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Hemigrammocharax angolensis
      Species - Hemigrammocharax wittei
      Species - Hemigrammocharax lineostriatus
      Species - Hemigrammocharax machadoi
      Species - Hemigrammocharax minutus
      Species - Hemigrammocharax monardi
      Species - Hemigrammocharax multifasciatus
      Species - Hemigrammocharax ocellicauda
      Species - Hemigrammocharax uniocellatus