Animal Diversity Web

Hemigrammus ocellifer

Beacon fish

(Also: Beacon tetra)

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 (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Characiformes
        
        Family Characidae (Characins)
        
        Genus Hemigrammus
        
        Species Hemigrammus ocellifer (Beacon fish)