ADW: Mustelus: 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 Triakidae (Houndsharks)
        
        Genus Mustelus
        
        Species Mustelus albipinnis
        
        Species Mustelus antarcticus (Australian smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus asterias (Smooth-hound)
        
        Species Mustelus californicus (Gray smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus canis (Atlantic smooth dogfish)
        
        Species Mustelus dorsalis (Sharp-tooth smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus fasciatus (Striped smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus griseus (Japanese gray smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus henlei (Brown smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus higmani (Smalleye smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus lenticulatus (Gummy shark)
        
        Species Mustelus lunulatus (Sicklefin smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus manazo (Gummy dogfish)
        
        Species Mustelus mento (Smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus minicanis
        
        Species Mustelus mosis (Arabian smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus mustelus (Gray mouth dog)
        
        Species Mustelus norrisi (Florida Smooth-hound)
        
        Species Mustelus palumbes (Smoothound)
        
        Species Mustelus punctulatus (Black spotted smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus ravidus (Australian grey smooth-hound)
        
        Species Mustelus schmitti (Narrownose smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus sinusmexicanus (Gulf smoothhound)
        
        Species Mustelus stevensi (White-spotted gummy shark)
        
        Species Mustelus walkeri (Eastern spotted gummy shark)
        
        Species Mustelus whitneyi (Humpback smooth hound)
        
        Species Mustelus widodoi (White-fin smooth-hound)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

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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