Animal Diversity Web

Hypogaleus hyugaensis

Blacktip houndshark

(Also: Lesser soupfin shark; Pencil shark; Western school 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 Triakidae (Houndsharks)
        
        Genus Hypogaleus
        
        Species Hypogaleus hyugaensis (Blacktip houndshark)