NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: Minimum taxonomic/nomenclature review
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Metriaclima zebra
      Species - Metriaclima benetos
      Species - Metriaclima callainos
      Species - Metriaclima chrysomallos
      Species - Metriaclima cyneusmarginatus
      Species - Metriaclima emmiltos
      Species - Metriaclima greshakei
      Species - Metriaclima mbenjii
      Species - Metriaclima melabranchion
      Species - Metriaclima phaeos
      Species - Metriaclima pyrsonotos
      Species - Metriaclima sandaracinos
      Species - Metriaclima thapsinogen
      Species - Metriaclima xanstomachus