Carcharhinidae
Appearance
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