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 Triakidae Gray, 1851 - houndsharks
Genus Mustelus Linck, 1790 - smoothhounds
Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821 - smooth-hound
Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) - gray mouth dog
Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1826 - blackspotted smooth-hound