Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874
see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
Subdivision Bilateralia
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Superclass Pisces Linnaeus, 1758 - fishes
Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
Subclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838 - shark-like fishes
Order Selachii
see Subdivision Selachii
Order Selachii
see Subdivision Selachii
Suborder Galeoidei
Family Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - requiem sharks
Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) - brown shark