| Introduction to Classification | |||||||
| As way of an example lets consider the charming little African catfish Microsynodontis batesii, by following the red item in each of the alphabetically sorted columns below you can see how this one species fits into the classification structure of every living organism known to science. (i.e. Animals, Vertebrae, Fish, True Bony Fish, Siluformes (Catfish), Mockokidae, Microsynodontis, batesii). Please note the the examples of each category given (in brackets) are not exhuastive but mereley examples of the category. Entries in the Family column that do not have examples are very rarely (if ever) imported and thus do not have widespread common names. | |||||||
| Living Organisms | Phylum | Class | Sub-Class | Order | Family | Genus | Species |
| Animals | Annelids (Earthworms, Leech , Ragworms) | Amphibians (Frogs, Toads, Newts) | Bony Fish(Sturgeons, Garpikes) | Anguilliformes (True Eels) | Akysidae | Acanthocleithron | batesii |
| Bacteria | Arthropods (Crustacea, Insects, Arachnids, Myriapods) | Birds (Parrot, Stork, Albatross) | Cartilaginous Fish (Sharks, Rays) | Atheriniformes(Killifish, Livebearing Toothcarps, Rainbowfish) | Amblycipitidae (Asian Banjo Catfish) | Atopochilus | lamerti |
| Fungi | Coelenterates (Sea anenome, Jellyfish, Coral) | Fish (Shark, Trout, Tuna) | Round Mouthed Fish (Lamprey, Hagfish) | Mormyriformes (Elephant Noses, Baby Whales) | Amphiliidae (Loach Catfish) | Brachysynodontis | polli |
| Plants | Flatworms (Planarians, Liver Fluke, Tapeworm) | Mammals (Human, Whale, Rat) | True Bony Fish (Carp, Cichlids, Grouper) | Salmoniformes(Salmon, Trout) | Ariidae (Sea Catfish) | Chiloglanis | |
| Single-celled Organisms | Molluscs (Mussel, Snail, Octopus) | Reptiles (Snake, Gecko, Iguana) | Gonorhynchiformes | Aspredinidae(Banjo Catfish) | Euchilichthys | ||
| Vertebrates (Animals with backbones) | Cypriniformes(Characins, Cyprinids, Knife Fish) | Astroblepidae (South American Hillstream Catfishes) | Hemisynodontis | ||||
| Siluriformes(Catfish) | Auchenipteridae (Driftwood Catfish) | Microsynodontis | |||||
| Osteoglossiformes (Arowana, Freshwater Butterfly Fish) | Austroglanididae (Rock Catfishes) | Mochkus | |||||
| Gasterosteiformes (Sticklebacks) | Bagridae (Giraffe Catfish, Black Lancer Catfish) | Synodontis | |||||
| Syngnathiformes (Pipefish) | Callichthyidae Flag Tailed Catfish, Bronze Cory) | ||||||
| Channiformes (Snakeheads) | Cetopsidae(Whale Catfish) | ||||||
| Synbranchiformes (Synbrachid Eels) | Chacidae (Frog Mouth Catfish) | ||||||
| Scorpaeniformes (Sculpins) | Clariidae (Walking Catfish) | ||||||
| Perciformes (Cichlids, Gobies, Gouramis) | Claroteidae (Giraffe Catfish) | ||||||
| Mastacembeliformes (Spiny Eels) | Cranoglanididae (Chinese Catfish) | ||||||
| Pleuronectiformes (Plaice, Sole) | Diplomystidae(Dyplomystes | ||||||
| Tetraodontiformes (Pufferfish, Triggerfish, Boxfish) | Doradidae (Talking / Raphael Catfish) | ||||||
| Erethistidae(Moth Catfishes) | |||||||
| Heteropneustidae (Liver / Fossil / Stinging Catfish) | |||||||
| Ictaluridae (Bullheads, Channel Catfish) | |||||||
| Loricariidae (Suckermouth Catfish) | |||||||
| Malapteruridae (Electric Catfish) | |||||||
| Mochokidae (Upside Down Catfish, Polka Dot Catfish) | |||||||
| Pangasiidae(Iridescent Shark) | |||||||
| Pimelodidae (Tiger Shovelnose Catfish, Pimpictus) | |||||||
| Plotosidae (Eel-Tailed Catfish) | |||||||
| Schilbeidae (Butter Catfish, False Glass Catfish) | |||||||
| Siluridae (Glass Catfish, Helicopter Catfish) | |||||||
| Scoloplacidae | |||||||
| Sisoridae | |||||||
| Trichomycteridae (Parasite Catfish) | |||||||
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