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

      Direct Children

      Species - Microsynodontis polli
      Species - Microsynodontis armatus
      Species - Microsynodontis batesii
      Species - Microsynodontis christyi
      Species - Microsynodontis emarginatus
      Species - Microsynodontis hirsutus
      Species - Microsynodontis laevigatus
      Species - Microsynodontis lamberti
      Species - Microsynodontis nannoculus
      Species - Microsynodontis nasutus
      Species - Microsynodontis notatus
      Species - Microsynodontis vigilis