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 - Bovichthyidae
  Suborder - Notothenioidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Bovichtus variegatus
      Species - Bovichtus angustifrons
      Species - Bovichtus argentinus
      Species - Bovichtus chilensis
      Species - Bovichtus diacanthus
      Species - Bovichtus oculus
      Species - Bovichtus psychrolutes
      Species - Bovichtus veneris