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 - Mormyrus bernhardi
      Species - Mormyrus caballus
      Species - Mormyrus casalis
      Species - Mormyrus caschive
      Species - Mormyrus cyaneus
      Species - Mormyrus felixi
      Species - Mormyrus goheeni
      Species - Mormyrus hasselquistii
      Species - Mormyrus iriodes
      Species - Mormyrus kannume
      Species - Mormyrus lacerda
      Species - Mormyrus longirostris
      Species - Mormyrus macrocephalus
      Species - Mormyrus macrophthalmus
      Species - Mormyrus niloticus
      Species - Mormyrus ovis
      Species - Mormyrus rume
      Species - Mormyrus tapirus
      Species - Mormyrus tenuirostris
      Species - Mormyrus thomasi
      Species - Mormyrus subundulatus