Animal Diversity Web

Centroscymnus owstonii

Black shark

(Also: Deepwater dogfish; Roughskin dogfish; Smallspine dogfish)

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 Squaliformes
        
        Family Somniosidae (Sleeper sharks)
        
        Genus Centroscymnus
        
        Species Centroscymnus owstonii (Black shark)