Animal Diversity Web

Rhizoprionodon acutus

Blacktip shark

(Also: Grey dog shark; Little blue shark; Milk shark; Walbeehm's sharp-nosed 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 Rhizoprionodon
        
        Species Rhizoprionodon acutus (Blacktip shark)