ADW: Stellifer: 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 Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
        
        Genus Stellifer
        
        Species Stellifer brasiliensis
        
        Species Stellifer chaoi
        
        Species Stellifer chrysoleuca (Shortnose stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer colonensis (Croaker)
        
        Species Stellifer ephelis
        
        Species Stellifer ericymba (Hollow stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer fuerthii (White stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer griseus (Gray stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer illecebrosus (Silver stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer lanceolatus (American stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer magoi
        
        Species Stellifer mancorensis (Smooth stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer melanocheir (Black stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer microps (Smalleye drum)
        
        Species Stellifer minor (Lined drum)
        
        Species Stellifer naso
        
        Species Stellifer oscitans (Yawning stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer pizarroensis (Pizzaro stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer rastrifer (Rake drum)
        
        Species Stellifer stellifer (Croaker)
        
        Species Stellifer venezuelae
        
        Species Stellifer walkeri (Professor stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer wintersteenorum (Amigo stardrum)
        
        Species Stellifer zestocarus (Softhead stardrum)

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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