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 - Paraulopidae
  Suborder - Synodontoidei
  Order - Aulopiformes
  Superorder - Cyclosquamata
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Paraulopus nigripinnis
      Species - Paraulopus filamentosus
      Species - Paraulopus atripes
      Species - Paraulopus brevirostris
      Species - Paraulopus japonicus
      Species - Paraulopus legandi
      Species - Paraulopus maculatus
      Species - Paraulopus novaeseelandiae
      Species - Paraulopus oblongus
      Species - Paraulopus okamurai