Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
Order Carcharhiniformes Compagno, 1973 - ground sharks
Family Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - requiem sharks
Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) - bignose shark
Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) - great blacktip shark
Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron, in Müller & Henle, 1839) - ridgeback shark
Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) - Galapagos shark
Carcharhinus isodon (Valenciennes, in Müller & Henle, 1839) - finetooth shark
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, in Müller & Henle, 1839) - bull shark
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, in Müller & Henle, 1839) - blacktip reef shark
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) - oceanic whitetip shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - shark
Carcharhinus obscurus (LeSueur, 1818) - dusky shark
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) - brown shark
Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868) - night shark