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: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Heptapteridae
  Order - Siluriformes
  Superorder - Ostariophysi
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Chasmocranus brachynema
      Species - Chasmocranus brevior
      Species - Chasmocranus chimantanus
      Species - Chasmocranus longior
      Species - Chasmocranus lopezi
      Species - Chasmocranus peruanus
      Species - Chasmocranus quadrizonatus
      Species - Chasmocranus rosae
      Species - Chasmocranus surinamensis
      Species - Chasmocranus truncatorostris