Blacktip reef shark  (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->

  • Elasmobranchii - Sharks and Rays->

    • Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks->
    • Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks->

      • Carcharhinidae - Requiem sharks->

        • Prionace - Blue sharks->
        • Carcharhinus - Reef shark->

          • Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
          • Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
          • Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
          • Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
          • Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
          • Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
          • Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)
          • Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
          • Bignose shark (Carcharhinus altimus)
          • Graceful shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides)
          • Pigeye shark (Carcharhinus amboinensis)
          • Borneo shark (Carcharhinus borneensis)
          • Copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus)
          • Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
          • Nervous shark (Carcharhinus cautus)
          • Pacific smalltail shark (Carcharhinus cerdale)
          • Carcharhinus coatesi (Carcharhinus coatesi)
          • Whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri)
          • Creek whaler (Carcharhinus fitzroyensis)
          • Pondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)
          • Human’s whaler shark (Carcharhinus humani)
          • Finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon)
          • Smooth tooth blacktip shark (Carcharhinus leiodon)
          • Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
          • Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
          • Hardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti)
          • Carcharhinus macrops (Carcharhinus macrops)
          • Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
          • Lost shark (Carcharhinus obsoletus)
          • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii)
          • Smalltail shark (Carcharhinus porosus)
          • Blackspot shark (Carcharhinus sealei)
          • Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus)
          • Spot-tail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah)
          • Australian blacktip shark (Carcharhinus tilstoni)
          • Carcharhinus tjutjot (Carcharhinus tjutjot)
        • Negaprion - Negaprion->
        • Triaenodon - Triaenodon->
        • Rhizoprionodon - Sharpnose sharks->
        • Glyphis - Glyphis->
        • Isogomphodon - Isogomphodon->
        • Lamiopsis - Lamiopsis->
        • Loxodon - Loxodon->
        • Nasolamia - Nasolamia->
        • Scoliodon - Scoliodon->
      • Scyliorhinidae - Cat sharks->
      • Pentanchidae - Deepwater catsharks->
      • Triakidae - Houndsharks->
      • Sphyrnidae - Hammerheads->
      • Atelomycteridae - Coloured catsharks->
      • Galeocerdonidae - Tiger sharks->
      • Hemigaleidae - Weasel sharks->
      • Leptochariidae - Barbeled houndsharks->
      • Proscylliidae - Finback catsharks->
      • Pseudotriakidae - False catsharks->
    • Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays->
    • Torpediniformes - Electric rays->
    • Rajiformes - Skates and rays->
    • Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark->
    • Squatiniformes - Angelsharks->
    • Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks->
    • Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks->
    • Myliobatiformes - Stingrays->
    • Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks->
    • Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks->
    • Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks->
  • Holocephali - Chimaeras->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->