Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
Order Carcharhiniformes Compagno, 1973 - ground sharks
Family Scyliorhinidae Gill, 1862 - catsharks
Genus Galeus Rafinesque, 1810
Galeus atlanticus Vaillant, 1888
Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 - blackmouth catshark
Galeus murinus (Collett, 1904) - mouse catshark