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 blainvillei (Risso, 1826) - longnose spiny dogfish see Squalus blainville (Risso, 1826)