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

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Hemiancistrus annectens
      Species - Hemiancistrus aspidolepis
      Species - Hemiancistrus chlorostictus
      Species - Hemiancistrus fugleri
      Species - Hemiancistrus fuliginosus
      Species - Hemiancistrus hammarlundi
      Species - Hemiancistrus holostictus
      Species - Hemiancistrus itacua
      Species - Hemiancistrus landoni
      Species - Hemiancistrus macrops
      Species - Hemiancistrus maracaiboensis
      Species - Hemiancistrus medians
      Species - Hemiancistrus megacephalus
      Species - Hemiancistrus megalopteryx
      Species - Hemiancistrus micrommatos
      Species - Hemiancistrus punctulatus
      Species - Hemiancistrus spilomma
      Species - Hemiancistrus spinosissimus
      Species - Hemiancistrus votouro
      Species - Hemiancistrus wilsoni