Carcharhiniformes

Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes classifies the Carcharhiniformes into two suborders and twelve families: • Suborder Scyliorhinoidei • Family Scyliorhinidae Gill, 1862 (catsharks) • Suborder Carcharhinoidei • Family Atelomycteridae E. G. White, 1936 (coloured catsharks) • Family Pentanchidae Smith, 1912 (deepwater catsharks) • Family Dichichthyidae W. T. White, Stewart, Reuben O'Neill & Naylor, 2024 (bristle sharks) • Family Pseudotriakidae Gill, 1893 (false catsharks) • Family Proscylliidae Fowler, 1941 (finback catsharks) • Family Leptochariidae Gray, 1851 (barbeled houndsharks) • Family Triakidae Gray, 1851 (houndsharks) • Subfamily Triakinae Gray, 1851 (smooth-hounds) • Subfamily Galeorhininae Gill, 1862 (school sharks) • Family Hemigaleidae J.C.F. Hasse, 1878 (weasel sharks) • Family Carcharhinidae D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (requiem sharks) • Family Galeocerdonidae Poey, 1875 (tiger sharks) • Family Sphyrnidae Bonaparte, 1840 (hammerhead sharks) Fossil genera The following fossil genera of Carcharhiniformes are also known: • Genus †Altusmirus Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet, 2017 • Genus †Corysodon Saint-Seine, 1949 • Genus †Platyrhizodon Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013 • Genus †Vectiscyllium Duffin & Batchelor, 2024 • Family Carcharhinidae • Genus †Abdounia Cappetta, 1980 • Genus †Archaeogaleus Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014 • Genus †Danogaleus Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997 • Genus †Eogaleus Cappetta, 1975 • Genus †Eorhincodon Li, 1997 • Genus †Fornicatus Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet, 2018 • Genus †Kruckowlamna Laurito Mora, 1999 • Genus †Misrichthys Case & Cappetta, 1990 • Genus †Pseudabdounia Ebersole, Cicimurri & Stringer, 2019 • Family †Florenceodontidae Cappetta, Morrison & Adnet, 2019 • Genus †Florenceodon Cappetta, Morrison & Adnet, 2019 • Family †Leptocarchariidae Adnet et al., 2020 • Genus †Leptocarcharias Adnet et al., 2020 • Family Hemigaleidae • Genus †Moerigaleus Underwood & Ward, 2011 • Family Galeocerdonidae • Genus †Physogaleus Cappetta, 1980 • Family †Pseudoscyliorhinidae Stumpf, Scheer & Kriwet, 2019 • Genus †Diprosopovenator Stumpf, Scheer & Kriwet, 2019 • Genus †Pseudoscyliorhinus Müller & Diedrich, 1991 • Family Pentanchidae • Genus †Pseudoapristurus Pollerspöck & Straube, 2017 • Family Proscyllidae • Genus †Praeproscyllium Underwood & Ward, 2004 • Family Scyliorhinidae • Genus †Bavariscyllium Thies, 2005 • Genus †Cadiera Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014 • Genus †Casieria Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997 • Genus †Crassescyliorhinus Underwood & Ward, 2008 • Genus †Cretascyliorhinus Underwood & Mitchell, 1999 • Genus †Foumtizia Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997 • Genus †Megascyliorhinus Cappetta & Ward, 1977 • Genus †Microscyliorhinus Case, 1994 • Genus †Orthodon Coquand, 1860 • Genus †Pachyscyllium Reinecke, Moths, Grant & Breitkreuz, 2005 • Genus †Palaeoscyllium Wagner, 1857 • Genus †Platyrhizoscyllium Adnet, 2006 • Genus †Porodermoides Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997 • Genus †Premontreia Cappetta, 1992 • Genus †Prohaploblepharus Underwood & Ward, 2008 • Genus †Protoscyliorhinus Herman, 1977 • Genus †Pteroscyllium Cappetta, 1980 • Genus †Scyliorhinotheca Kiel, Peckmann & Simon, 2013 • Genus †Sigmoscyllium Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013 • Genus †Stenoscyllium Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997 • Genus †Thiesus Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014 • Genus †Tingaleus Cappetta, 1993 • Family Triakidae • Genus †Archaeotriakis Case, 1978 • Genus †Gomphogaleus Adnet & Cappetta, 2008 • Genus †Kallodentis Engelbrecht, Mörs, Reguero & Kriwet, 2017 • Genus †Khouribgaleus Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997 • Genus †Meridiogaleus Engelbrecht, Mörs, Reguero & Kriwet, 2017 • Genus †Pachygaleus Cappetta, 1992 • Genus †Palaeogaleus Gurr, 1962 • Genus †Palaeotriakis Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013 • Genus †Rhaibodus Böhm, 1926 • Genus †Squatigaleus Cappetta, 1989 • Genus †Xystrogaleus Adnet, 2006 ==References==