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 - Xenotilapia bathyphila
      Species - Xenotilapia boulengeri
      Species - Xenotilapia burtoni
      Species - Xenotilapia caudafasciata
      Species - Xenotilapia flavipinnis
      Species - Xenotilapia longispinis
      Species - Xenotilapia nasus
      Species - Xenotilapia nigrolabiata
      Species - Xenotilapia ochrogenys
      Species - Xenotilapia ornatipinnis
      Species - Xenotilapia papilio
      Species - Xenotilapia sima
      Species - Xenotilapia leptura
      Species - Xenotilapia melanogenys
      Species - Xenotilapia rotundiventralis
      Species - Xenotilapia spiloptera
      Species - Xenotilapia tenuidentatus