Animal Diversity Web

Etmopterus granulosus

Black shark

(Also: Lucifer; New Zealand lanternshark; Seal shark; Southern lantern 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 Squaliformes
        
        Family Etmopteridae (Lantern sharks)
        
        Genus Etmopterus
        
        Species Etmopterus granulosus (Black shark)