Animal Diversity Web

Carcharhinus tilstoni

Australian blacktip shark

(Also: Blacktip shark; Tilston's whaler shark; Whitley's blacktip shark)

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 Carcharhiniformes
        
        Family Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
        
        Genus Carcharhinus
        
        Species Carcharhinus tilstoni (Australian blacktip shark)