Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Superclass Pisces Linnaeus, 1758 - fishes
               Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
                 Subclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838 - shark-like fishes
                   Order Selachii see Subdivision Selachii
                     Order Selachii see Subdivision Selachii
                       Suborder Galeoidei
                         01 Family Carchariidae Müller & Henle, 1839 see Family Odontaspididae Müller & Henle, 1839
                         02 Family Scapanorhynchidae Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 see Family Mitsukurinidae Jordan, 1898
                         03 Family Isuridae Gray, 1851 see Family Lamnidae Bonaparte, 1835
                         04 Family Cetorhinidae Gill, 1861 - basking sharks
                         05 Family Alopiidae Bonaparte, 1835 - thresher sharks
                         06 Family Rhincodontidae Müller & Henle, 1841 - whale sharks
                         07 Family Orectolobidae Gill, 1896 - wobbegons
                         08 Family Scyliorhinidae Gill, 1862 - cat sharks
                         09 Family Triakidae Gray, 1851 - houndsharks
                         10 Family Pseudotriakidae Gill, 1893 - false catsharks
                         11 Family Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - requiem sharks
                         12 Family Sphyrnidae Gill, 1872 - hammerhead sharks