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

      Direct Children

      Species - Laemolyta taeniata
      Species - Laemolyta fasciata
      Species - Laemolyta fernandezi
      Species - Laemolyta garmani
      Species - Laemolyta macra
      Species - Laemolyta nitens
      Species - Laemolyta orinocensis
      Species - Laemolyta petiti
      Species - Laemolyta proxima
      Species - Laemolyta varia