Carcharhinidae
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Carcharhinus + -idae.
Proper noun edit
Carcharhinidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Carcharhiniformes – the requiem sharks.
Hypernyms edit
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass; Selachimorpha - superorder; Carcharhiniformes - order
Hyponyms edit
- (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 edit
- Carcharhinidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Carcharhinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Carcharhinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons