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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 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