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 - Hippopotamyrus pictus
      Species - Hippopotamyrus aelsbroecki
      Species - Hippopotamyrus ansorgii
      Species - Hippopotamyrus batesii
      Species - Hippopotamyrus castor
      Species - Hippopotamyrus discorhynchus
      Species - Hippopotamyrus grahami
      Species - Hippopotamyrus harringtoni
      Species - Hippopotamyrus macrops
      Species - Hippopotamyrus macroterops
      Species - Hippopotamyrus pappenheimi
      Species - Hippopotamyrus psittacus
      Species - Hippopotamyrus retrodorsalis
      Species - Hippopotamyrus smithersi
      Species - Hippopotamyrus weeksii
      Species - Hippopotamyrus wilverthi
      Species - Hippopotamyrus paugyi