Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Status: extant
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
  Status: extant
     Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
    Status: extant
       Order Carcharhiniformes Compagno, 1973 - ground sharks
      Status: extant
         Family Scyliorhinidae Gill, 1862 - catsharks
        Status: extant
           Genus Apristurus Garman, 1913
          Status: extant
             Apristurus aphyodes Nakaya & Stehmann, 1998
            Status: extant