Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Superclass Pisces Linnaeus, 1758 - fishes
Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
Family Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - requiem sharks
Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
1 Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - shark
2 Carcharhinus amblyrhynchus (Bleeker)
see Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
3 Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) - shark
4 Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) - oceanic whitetip shark
5 Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) - brown shark
6 Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) - great blacktip shark
7 Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839) - spottail shark