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 - Mormyridae
  Superfamily - Mormyroidea
  Suborder - Osteoglossoidei
  Order - Osteoglossiformes
  Superorder - Osteoglossomorpha
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Brienomyrus brachyistius
      Species - Brienomyrus adustus
      Species - Brienomyrus curvifrons
      Species - Brienomyrus longianalis
      Species - Brienomyrus longicaudatus
      Species - Brienomyrus niger
      Species - Brienomyrus sphekodes
      Species - Brienomyrus tavernei
      Species - Brienomyrus hopkinsi
      Species - Brienomyrus kingsleyae