Animal Diversity Web

Halaelurus buergeri

Black-spotted cat shark

(Also: Darkspot cat shark; Nagasaki cat 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 Scyliorhinidae (Cat sharks)
        
        Genus Halaelurus
        
        Species Halaelurus buergeri (Black-spotted cat shark)