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Home Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Chondrichthyes

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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
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  Subclass Elasmobranchii
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  Superorder Euselachii
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  Order Carcharhiniformes (ground sharks)
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  Family Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks)
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  Family Hemigaleidae (weasel sharks)
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  Family Leptochariidae (barbeled houndsharks)
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  Family Proscylliidae (finback catsharks)
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  Family Pseudotriakidae (false cat sharks)
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  Family Scyliorhinidae (cat sharks)
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  Family Sphyrnidae (bonnethead sharks, hammerhead sharks, and scoophead sharks)
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  Family Triakidae (houndsharks, smooth-hounds, topes, and whiskery sharks)
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  Order Heterodontiformes (bullhead sharks)
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  Family Heterodontidae (bullhead sharks, horn sharks, and port jackson sharks)
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  Order Hexanchiformes (cow sharks and frilled sharks)
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  Family Chlamydoselachidae (frilled sharks)
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  Family Hexanchidae (cow sharks, sevengill sharks, and sixgill sharks)
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  Order Lamniformes (mackerel sharks)
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  Family Alopiidae (thresher sharks)
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  Family Cetorhinidae (basking sharks)
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  Family Lamnidae (mackerel sharks, porbeagles, and white sharks)
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  Family Megachasmidae (megamouth sharks)
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  Family Mitsukurinidae (goblin sharks)
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  Family Odontaspididae (goblin sharks, sand sharks, and sand tiger sharks)
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  Family Pseudocarchariidae (crocodile sharks)
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  Order Orectolobiformes (carpet sharks)
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  Family Brachaeluridae (blind catsharks and blind sharks)
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  Family Ginglymostomatidae (nurse sharks)
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  Family Hemiscylliidae (bamboo sharks and longtailed carpetsharks)
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  Family Orectolobidae (wobbegongs)
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  Family Parascyllidae (collared carpetsharks)
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  Family Rhincodontidae
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  Family Stegostomatidae (zebra sharks)
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  Order Pristiophoriformes (saw sharks)
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  Family Pristiophoridae (saw fishes and saw sharks)
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  Order Rajiformes (rays, sawfishes, and skates)
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  Suborder Myliobatoidei
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  Suborder Pristoidei
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  Suborder Rajoidei
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  Suborder Torpedinoidei
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  Order Squaliformes
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  Family Centrophoridae
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  Family Dalatiidae (sleeper sharks)
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  Family Echinorhinidae (bramble sharks)
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  Family Squalidae (dogfish sharks)
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  Order Squatiniformes
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  Family Squatinidae (angelsharks and sand devils)
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  Subclass Holocephali
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  Superorder Holocephalimorpha
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  Order Chimaeriformes
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  Suborder Chimaeroidei

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Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed August 29, 2006 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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