Animal Diversity Web

Carcharhinus falciformis

Silky Shark

(Also: Reef shark; Shark; Sickle shark; Silk 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 falciformis (Silky Shark)