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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Ariidae
  Order - Siluriformes
  Superorder - Ostariophysi
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Cathorops spixii
      Species - Cathorops agassizii
      Species - Cathorops aguadulce
      Species - Cathorops arenatus
      Species - Cathorops dasycephalus
      Species - Cathorops fuerthii
      Species - Cathorops hypophthalmus
      Species - Cathorops melanopus
      Species - Cathorops multiradiatus
      Species - Cathorops steindachneri
      Species - Cathorops tuyra