ADW: Distichodontidae: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Characiformes
        
        Family Distichodontidae
        
        Genus Belonophago
        
        Genus Congocharax
        
        Genus Distichodus
        
        Genus Dundocharax
        
        Genus Eugnathichthys
        
        Genus Hemigrammocharax
        
        Genus Hemistichodus
        
        Genus Ichthyborus
        
        Genus Mesoborus
        
        Genus Microstomatichthyoborus
        
        Genus Nannaethiops
        
        Genus Nannocharax
        
        Genus Neolebias
        
        Genus Paradistichodus
        
        Genus Paraphago
        
        Genus Phago
        
        Genus Xenocharax

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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