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 - Protomelas annectens
      Species - Protomelas dejunctus
      Species - Protomelas fenestratus
      Species - Protomelas insignis
      Species - Protomelas kirkii
      Species - Protomelas labridens
      Species - Protomelas macrodon
      Species - Protomelas marginatus
      Species - Protomelas pleurotaenia
      Species - Protomelas similis
      Species - Protomelas spilonotus
      Species - Protomelas spilopterus
      Species - Protomelas taeniolatus
      Species - Protomelas triaenodon
      Species - Protomelas virgatus