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

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Cynopotamus amazonus
      Species - Cynopotamus argenteus
      Species - Cynopotamus atratoensis
      Species - Cynopotamus bipunctatus
      Species - Cynopotamus essequibensis
      Species - Cynopotamus gouldingi
      Species - Cynopotamus juruenae
      Species - Cynopotamus kincaidi
      Species - Cynopotamus magdalenae
      Species - Cynopotamus tocantinensis
      Species - Cynopotamus venezuelae