ADW: Plesiops: 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 Perciformes
        
        Family Plesiopidae (Roundheads)
        
        Genus Plesiops
        
        Species Plesiops auritus
        
        Species Plesiops cephalotaenia
        
        Species Plesiops coeruleolineatus (Banded devilfish)
        
        Species Plesiops corallicola (Bluegill longfin)
        
        Species Plesiops facicavus
        
        Species Plesiops genaricus (Cheekveil longfin)
        
        Species Plesiops gracilis (Threadfin longfin)
        
        Species Plesiops insularis (Island longfin)
        
        Species Plesiops malalaxus
        
        Species Plesiops multisquamata (Spotted longfin)
        
        Species Plesiops mystaxus (Moustache longfin)
        
        Species Plesiops nakaharae
        
        Species Plesiops nigricans (Ocellated plesiops)
        
        Species Plesiops oxycephalus (Sharp-nosed longfin)
        
        Species Plesiops polydactylus
        
        Species Plesiops thysanopterus
        
        Species Plesiops verecundus (Redtip longfin)

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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