Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Chondrichthyes - (Order) Squaliformes - (Family) Squalidae

Original position

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus canicula Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus carcharias Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus catulus Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus centrina Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus galeus Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus glaucus Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus mustelus Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus pristis Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus spinax Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus squatina Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus stellaris Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus tiburo Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus zygaena Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Squalidae (Family) Blainville, 1816

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 66; ECoF(9 Apr 2025).

Alternative positions

Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 397.

Historical positions

Squalidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 66.
Squalidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 359.
Squalidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: 2000
Squalidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: L.J.V. Compagno, 1984: 109-110.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Squalidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: J.D. McEachran, 1982: 834.
Squalidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Squalidae (Family) Blainville, 1816	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1974: 533.
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 349, 397.
Nantes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 196, 233. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	22s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[22s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[9s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[9s]
1999	L.J.V. Compagno	10s
1984	L.J.V. Compagno	9s
1984	L.J.V. Compagno:	[9s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[14s]