Fishes
   Class Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838 see Subclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838
     Order Orectolobiformes Compagno, 1973 - carpet sharks
       Family Rhincodontidae Müller & Henle, 1841 - whale sharks
         1 Genus Micristodus Gill, 1865
         2 Genus Rhincodon Smith, 1828
         3 Genus Rhiniodon Smith, 1828 see Genus Rhincodon Smith, 1828