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The taxonomy here displays all parent and child nodes of the taxonomy that are tagged as accepted or synonymised. Only species tagged as marine are shown (so you may find some parent nodes with no species within them).

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Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
              Acanthuridae
              Ammodytidae
              Anarhichadidae
              Apogonidae
                Apogon
                  Apogon (Apogon)
                  Apogon (Nectamia)
                      Apogon (Nectamia) taeniatus
                  Apogon cookii
                  Apogon maculatus
                  Apogon pseudomaculatus
                  Apogon spongicolus
                  Apogon campbelli
                  Apogon crassiceps
                  Apogon cyanosoma
                  Apogon multitaeniatus
                  Apogon isus
                  Apogon ellioti
                  Apogon flagelliferus
                  Apogon talboti
                  Apogon hyalosoma
                  Apogon timorensis
                  Apogon lateralis
                  Apogon franssedai
                  Apogon queketti
                  Apogon taeniophorus
                  Apogon fleurieu
                  Apogon quadrifasciatus
                  Apogon coccineus
                  Apogon exostigma
                  Apogon fraenatus
                  Apogon kiensis
                  Apogon nitidus
                  Apogon kallopterus
                  Apogon fukuii
                  Apogon angustatus
                  Apogon taeniopterus
                  Apogon nigripes
                  Apogon endekataenia
                  Apogon hungi
                  Apogon fasciatus
                  Apogon thermalis
                  Apogon guamensis
                  Apogon pseudotaeniatus
                  Apogon abrogramma
                  Apogon sangiensis
                  Apogon nigripinnis
                  Apogon holotaenia
                  Apogon aureus
                  Apogon natalensis
                  Apogon regani
                  Apogon evermanni
                  Apogon erythrinus
                  Apogon nigrofasciatus
                  Apogon doryssa
                  Apogon semiornatus
                  Apogon novemfasciatus
                  Apogon axillaris
                  Apogon affinis
                  Apogon albimaculosus
                  Apogon amboinensis
                  Apogon americanus
                  Apogon apogonoides
                  Apogon argyrogaster
                  Apogon aroubiensis
                  Apogon aterrimus
                  Apogon atradorsatus
                  Apogon atricaudus
                  Apogon atripes
                  Apogon atrogaster
                  Apogon aurolineatus
                  Apogon binotatus
                  Apogon brevicaudata
                  Apogon brevispinis
                  Apogon bryx
                  Apogon cantoris
                  Apogon capricornis
                  Apogon carinatus
                  Apogon catalai
                  Apogon cathetogramma
                  Apogon caudicinctus
                  Apogon cavitensis
                  Apogon ceramensis
                  Apogon chalcius
                  Apogon cheni
                  Apogon chrysopomus
                  Apogon chrysotaenia
                  Apogon cladophilos
                  Apogon compressus
                  Apogon cyanotaenia
                  Apogon dammermani
                  Apogon darnleyensis
                  Apogon deetsie
                  Apogon dhofar
                  Apogon dianthus
                  Apogon dispar
                  Apogon diversus
                  Apogon doederleini
                  Apogon dovii
                  Apogon flavus
                  Apogon fuscomaculatus
                  Apogon fusovatus
                  Apogon gardineri
                  Apogon gouldi
                  Apogon griffini
                  Apogon guadalupensis
                  Apogon gularis
                  Apogon hartzfeldii
                  Apogon heptastygma
                  Apogon hoevenii
                  Apogon imberbis
                  Apogon indicus
                  Apogon ishigakiensis
                  Apogon jenkinsi
                  Apogon kalosoma
                  Apogon kautamea
                  Apogon komodoensis
                  Apogon lachneri
                  Apogon lativittatus
                  Apogon latus
                  Apogon leptocaulus
                  Apogon leptofasciatus
                  Apogon limenus
                  Apogon lineatus
                  Apogon lineomaculatus
                  Apogon luteus
                  Apogon maculiferus
                  Apogon maculipinnis
                  Apogon margaritophorus
                  Apogon marquesensis
                  Apogon melanoproctus
                  Apogon melanopterus
                  Apogon melanopus
                  Apogon melas
                  Apogon micromaculatus
                  Apogon microspilos
                  Apogon moluccensis
                  Apogon monospilus
                  Apogon mosavi
                  Apogon multilineatus
                  Apogon mydrus
                  Apogon nanus
                  Apogon neotes
                  Apogon niger
                  Apogon nigrocincta
                  Apogon norfolcensis
                  Apogon notatus
                  Apogon noumeae
                  Apogon novaeguineae
                  Apogon ocellicaudus
                  Apogon omanensis
                  Apogon opercularis
                  Apogon oxina
                  Apogon oxygrammus
                  Apogon pacificus
                  Apogon pallidofasciatus
                  Apogon parvulus
                  Apogon pharaonis
                  Apogon phenax
                  Apogon photogaster
                  Apogon pillionatus
                  Apogon planifrons
                  Apogon pleuron
                  Apogon poecilopterus
                  Apogon posterofasciatus
                  Apogon properuptus
                  Apogon pselion
                  Apogon quadrisquamatus
                  Apogon quartus
                  Apogon quinquestriatus
                  Apogon radcliffei
                  Apogon regula
                  Apogon relativus
                  Apogon retrosella
                  Apogon rhodopterus
                  Apogon robbyi
                  Apogon robinsi
                  Apogon rubellus
                  Apogon rubrifuscus
                  Apogon rubrimacula
                  Apogon rueppellii
                  Apogon rufus
                  Apogon sabahensis
                  Apogon schlegeli
                  Apogon sealei
                  Apogon selas
                  Apogon semilineatus
                  Apogon septemstriatus
                  Apogon sialis
                  Apogon sinus
                  Apogon smithi
                  Apogon spilurus
                  Apogon striatodes
                  Apogon susanae
                  Apogon taeniatus
                  Apogon tchefouensis
                  Apogon townsendi
                  Apogon trimaculatus
                  Apogon truncatus
                  Apogon unicolor
                  Apogon uninotatus
                  Apogon unitaeniatus
                  Apogon urostigma
                  Apogon ventrifasciatus
                  Apogon victoriae
                  Apogon wassinki
                  Apogon wilsoni
                  Apogon zebrinus
                  Apogon enneastigma
                  Apogon striatus
                  Apogon brevispiris
                  Apogon erythrosoma
                  Apogon euspilotus
                  Apogon albomarginatus
                  Apogon seminigracaudus
              Blenniidae
              Bramidae
              Callanthiidae
              Callionymidae
              Carangidae
              Caristiidae
              Centracanthidae
              Centrolophidae
              Cepolidae
              Chaetodontidae
              Chiasmodontidae
              Clinidae
              Coryphaenidae
              Draconettidae
              Echeneidae
              Emmelichthyidae
              Epigonidae
              Gempylidae
              Gobiidae
              Haemulidae
              Istiophoridae
              Kyphosidae
              Labridae
              Leiognathidae
              Lobotidae
              Luvaridae
              Moronidae
              Mullidae
              Nomeidae
              Percichthyidae
              Pholidae
              Polynemidae
              Polyprionidae
              Pomacentridae
              Pomatomidae
              Priacanthidae
              Rachycentridae
              Scaridae
              Sciaenidae
              Scombridae
              Scombrolabracidae
              Serranidae
              Siganidae
              Sillaginidae
              Sparidae
              Sphyraenidae
              Stichaeidae
              Stromateidae
              Terapontidae
              Tetragonuridae
              Trachinidae
              Trichiuridae
              Tripterygiidae
              Uranoscopidae
              Xiphiidae
              Zoarcidae
              Caproidae
              Ephippidae
              Ariommatidae
              Centropomidae
              Pseudochromidae
              Malacanthidae
              Lutjanidae
              Gerreidae
              Coracinidae
              Monodactylidae
              Elassomatidae
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera