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Taxon: Suborder Carcharhinoidei (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     [crown] Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
                                                       Subclass Euselachii Hay, 1902 - sharks, rays, and related fossils
                                                         Infraclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838
                                                           Division Selachii - sharks
                                                             Superorder Galeomorphi Compagno, 1973
                                                               Order Carcharhiniformes Compagno, 1973 - ground sharks
                                                                 Suborder Carcharhinoidei
                                                                   01 Family Atelomycteridae White, 1936 - coloured catsharks
                                                                   02 Family Pentanchidae Smith, 1912 - deepwater catsharks
                                                                   03 Family Dichichthyidae White, Stewart, O'Neill & Naylor, 2024 [monotypic] - bristle sharks
                                                                   04 Family Pseudotriakidae Gill, 1893 - false catsharks
                                                                   05 Family Proscylliidae Fowler, 1941 - finback catsharks
                                                                   06 Family Leptochariidae Gray, 1851 [monotypic] - barbeled houndsharks
                                                                   07 Family Triakidae Gray, 1851 - houndsharks
                                                                   08 Family Hemigaleidae Hasse, 1878 - weasel sharks
                                                                   09 Family Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 - requiem sharks
                                                                   10 Family Galeocerdonidae Poey, 1875 [monotypic] - tiger sharks
                                                                   11 Family Sphyrnidae Bonaparte, 1840 - hammerhead sharks

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