SCYLIORHINIDAE Gill, 1862
(dogfishes and cat sharks, catsharks)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySCYLIORHINIDAE (dogfishes and cat sharks, catsharks)
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)

SCYLIORHINIDAE (dogfishes and cat sharks, catsharks) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCYLIORHINIDAE (dogfishes and cat sharks, catsharks)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SCYLIORHINIDAE (dogfishes and cat sharks, catsharks)
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