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 - Malacanthinae
  Family - Malacanthidae
  Suborder - Percoidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Branchiostegus albus
      Species - Branchiostegus argentatus
      Species - Branchiostegus auratus
      Species - Branchiostegus australiensis
      Species - Branchiostegus doliatus
      Species - Branchiostegus gloerfelti
      Species - Branchiostegus hedlandensis
      Species - Branchiostegus ilocanus
      Species - Branchiostegus japonicus
      Species - Branchiostegus paxtoni
      Species - Branchiostegus sawakinensis
      Species - Branchiostegus semifasciatus
      Species - Branchiostegus serratus
      Species - Branchiostegus vittatus
      Species - Branchiostegus wardi