NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2003

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Carcharhinidae
  Order - Carcharhiniformes
  Superorder - Euselachii
  Subclass - Elasmobranchii
  Class - Chondrichthyes
  Superclass - Chondrichthyes
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Carcharhinus obscurus
      Species - Carcharhinus leucas
      Species - Carcharhinus plumbeus
      Species - Carcharhinus acronotus
      Species - Carcharhinus altimus
      Species - Carcharhinus falciformis
      Species - Carcharhinus menisorrah
      Species - Carcharhinus limbatus
      Species - Carcharhinus longimanus
      Species - Carcharhinus perezii
      Species - Carcharhinus porosus
      Species - Carcharhinus galapagensis
      Species - Carcharhinus brachyurus
      Species - Carcharhinus albimarginatus
      Species - Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
      Species - Carcharhinus melanopterus
      Species - Carcharhinus sealei
      Species - Carcharhinus dussumieri
      Species - Carcharhinus fitzroyensis
      Species - Carcharhinus amboinensis
      Species - Carcharhinus cautus
      Species - Carcharhinus wheeleri
      Species - Carcharhinus sorrah
      Species - Carcharhinus borneensis
      Species - Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides
      Species - Carcharhinus brevipinna
      Species - Carcharhinus isodon
      Species - Carcharhinus signatus
      Species - Carcharhinus hemiodon
      Species - Carcharhinus macloti
      Species - Carcharhinus tilstoni