Animal Diversity Web

Hydrolagus ogilbyi

Ghostshark

(Also: Ogilbys ghostshark; Ratfish; Spookfish; Waite's ghost 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)
        
        Holocephali
        
        Order Chimaeriformes
        
        Family Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
        
        Genus Hydrolagus
        
        Species Hydrolagus ogilbyi (Ghostshark)