Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
Order Squaliformes Compagno, 1973 - dogfish sharks
Family Squalidae Blainville, 1816 - dogfish sharks
Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758 - spiny dogfishes
Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 - piked dogfish
Squalus blainvillei (Risso, 1826) - longnose spiny dogfish
see Squalus blainville (Risso, 1826)
Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1881) - shortnose spurdog