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 - Mormyrops anguilloides
      Species - Mormyrops attenuatus
      Species - Mormyrops batesianus
      Species - Mormyrops breviceps
      Species - Mormyrops caballus
      Species - Mormyrops citernii
      Species - Mormyrops curtus
      Species - Mormyrops curviceps
      Species - Mormyrops engystoma
      Species - Mormyrops furcidens
      Species - Mormyrops intermedius
      Species - Mormyrops lineolatus
      Species - Mormyrops mariae
      Species - Mormyrops masuianus
      Species - Mormyrops microstoma
      Species - Mormyrops nigricans
      Species - Mormyrops oudoti
      Species - Mormyrops parvus
      Species - Mormyrops sirenoides