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 - 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 - Otopharynx argyrosoma
      Species - Otopharynx auromarginatus
      Species - Otopharynx brooksi
      Species - Otopharynx decorus
      Species - Otopharynx heterodon
      Species - Otopharynx lithobates
      Species - Otopharynx ovatus
      Species - Otopharynx pachycheilus
      Species - Otopharynx selenurus
      Species - Otopharynx speciosus
      Species - Otopharynx tetrastigma
      Species - Otopharynx walteri
      Species - Otopharynx tetraspilus