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 - Petrocephalus ansorgii
      Species - Petrocephalus balayi
      Species - Petrocephalus bane
      Species - Petrocephalus binotatus
      Species - Petrocephalus bovei
      Species - Petrocephalus catostoma
      Species - Petrocephalus christyi
      Species - Petrocephalus cunganus
      Species - Petrocephalus gliroides
      Species - Petrocephalus grandoculis
      Species - Petrocephalus guttatus
      Species - Petrocephalus hutereaui
      Species - Petrocephalus keatingii
      Species - Petrocephalus levequei
      Species - Petrocephalus microphthalmus
      Species - Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus
      Species - Petrocephalus pellegrini
      Species - Petrocephalus sauvagii
      Species - Petrocephalus schoutedeni
      Species - Petrocephalus simus
      Species - Petrocephalus soudanensis
      Species - Petrocephalus squalostoma
      Species - Petrocephalus tenuicauda
      Species - Petrocephalus wesselsi