ADW: Carcharhinus: 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)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Elasmobranchii
        
        Order Carcharhiniformes
        
        Family Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
        
        Genus Carcharhinus
        
        Species Carcharhinus acronotus (Blacknose shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus altimus (Bignose Shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (Graceful shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Black-vee whaler)
        
        Species Carcharhinus amboinensis (Ambon sharpnose puffer)
        
        Species Carcharhinus borneensis (Borneo shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus brachyurus (Black-tipped whaler)
        
        Species Carcharhinus brevipinna (Blacktipped shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus cautus (Nervous shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus dussumieri (Blacktip shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus falciformis (Blackspot shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus fitzroyensis (Creek whaler)
        
        Species Carcharhinus galapagensis (Galapagos shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus hemiodon (Long nosed shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus isodon (Eventooth shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus leiodon (Smooth tooth blacktip shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus leucas (Bull shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus limbatus (Black fin shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus longimanus (Brown Milbert's sand bar shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus macloti (Hardnose shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus macrops
        
        Species Carcharhinus melanopterus (Black fin reef shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus obscurus (Bay-shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus plumbeus (Brown shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus porosus (Shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus sealei (Black-spot shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus signatus (Night Shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus sorrah (Black-tip shark)
        
        Species Carcharhinus tilstoni (Australian blacktip shark)

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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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