Carcharhinidae

Carcharhinidae

Translingual

Carcharhinus melanopterus

Etymology

From Carcharhinus +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Carcharhinidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Carcharhiniformes – the requiem sharks.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass; Selachimorpha - superorder; Carcharhiniformes - order

Hyponyms

• (family): Carcharhinus - type genus; Galeocerdo (tiger shark), Glyphis, Isogomphodon, Lamiopsis (broadfin shark), Loxodon (sliteye shark), Nasolamia (whitenose shark), Negaprion (lemon sharks), Prionace (blue shark), Rhizoprionodon (sharpnose sharks), Scoliodon (spadenose sharks), Triaenodon (whitetip reef shark) (genera)
  • †Abdounia (extinct genus)

References

• Carcharhinidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carcharhinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Carcharhinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons