Animal Diversity Web

Alopias vulpinus

Sea fox

(Also: Swingletail; Swiveltail; Swivetail; Thrasher)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Elasmobranchii
        
        Order Lamniformes
        
        Family Alopiidae (Thresher sharks)
        
        Genus Alopias
        
        Species Alopias vulpinus (Sea fox)