Animal Diversity Web

Chiloscyllium indicum

Ridge-back cat shark

(Also: Slender bamboo 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 Orectolobiformes
        
        Family Hemiscylliidae (Bamboo sharks)
        
        Genus Chiloscyllium
        
        Species Chiloscyllium indicum (Ridge-back cat shark)