CARCHARHINIFORMES
(dogfish and false sharks)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderCARCHARHINIFORMES (dogfish and false sharks)
SuperorderGALEOMORPHI (a superorder of cartilaginous fishes)
InfraclassSelachii
SubclassNEOSELACHII (a subclass of cartilaginous fishes)
ClassELASMOBRANCHII (sharks and rays)
Informal[Pisces] (fishes)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

CARCHARHINIFORMES (dogfish and false sharks) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CARCHARHINIFORMES (dogfish and false sharks)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CARCHARHINIFORMES (dogfish and false sharks)
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