Editing Carcharhiniformes (section)

==Families==
[[Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes]] classifies the Carcharhiniformes into two suborders and nine families:<ref name = EcoF>{{cite web |url=https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/catalog-of-fishes-classification/ |title=Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification |access-date=24 October 2024 |work=Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes |publisher=[[California Academy of Sciences]]}}</ref>
*Suborder [[Scyliorhinoidei]]
**Family [[Scyliorhinidae]] <small>[[Theodore Gill|Gill]], 1862</small> (catsharks)
*Suborder [[Carcharhinoidei]]
**Family [[Atelomycteridae]] <small>[[Edith Grace White|E. G. White]], 1936</small> (coloured catsharks)
**Family [[Pentanchidae]] <small>[[Hugh McCormick Smith|Smith]], 1912</small> (deepwater catsharks)
**Family [[Dichichthyidae]] <small>[[William Toby White|W. T. White]], [[Andrew L. Stewart|Stewart]], [[Helen L. O'Neill|Reuben 
O'Neill]] & [[Gavin J. P. Naylor|Naylor]], 2024</small> (bristle sharks)
**Family [[Pseudotriakidae]] <small>Gill, 1893</small> (false catsharks)
**Family [[Proscylliidae]] <small>[[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1941</small> (finback catsharks)
**Family [[Leptochariidae]] <small>[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1851</small> (barbeled houndsharks)
**Family [[Triakidae]] <small>Gray, 1851</small> (houndsharks)
***Subfamily [[Triakinae]] <small>Gray, 1851</small> (smouth-hounds)
***Subfamily [[Galeorhininae]] <small>Gill, 1862</small> (school sharks)
**Family [[Hemigaleidae]] <small>[[Carl Hasse (anatomist)|J.C.F. Hasse]], 1878</small> (weasel sharks)
**Family [[Carcharhinidae]] <small>[[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] & [[Barton Warren Evermann|Evermann]], 1896</small> (requiem sharks)
**Family [[Galeocerdonidae]] <small>[[Felipe Poey|Poey]], 1875</small> (tiger sharks)
**Family [[Sphyrnidae]] <small>[[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1840</small> (hammerhead sharks)

=== Fossil genera ===
The following fossil genera of Carcharhiniformes are also known:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Extinct - valid species {{!}} Species {{!}} Shark-References |url=https://shark-references.com/species/listValidFossil/A |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=shark-references.com}}</ref>

* Genus †''[[Altusmirus]]'' <small>Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet, 2017</small>
* Genus †''[[Corysodon]]'' <small>Saint-Seine, 1949</small>
* Genus †''[[Platyrhizodon]]'' <small>Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013</small>
* Genus †''[[Vectiscyllium]]'' <small>Duffin & Batchelor, 2024</small>
* Family [[Requiem shark|Carcharhinidae]]
** Genus †''[[Abdounia]]'' <small>Cappetta, 1980</small>
** Genus †''[[Archaeogaleus]]'' <small>Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014</small>
** Genus †''[[Danogaleus]]'' <small>Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997</small>
** Genus †''[[Eogaleus]]'' <small>Cappetta, 1975</small>
** Genus †''[[Eorhincodon]]'' <small>Li, 1997</small>
** Genus †''[[Fornicatus]]'' <small>Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet, 2018</small>
** Genus †''[[Kruckowlamna]]'' <small>Laurito Mora, 1999</small>
** Genus †''[[Misrichthys]]'' <small>Case & Cappetta, 1990</small>
** Genus †''[[Pseudabdounia]]'' <small>Ebersole, Cicimurri & Stringer, 2019</small>
* Family †[[Florenceodontidae]] <small>Cappetta, Morrison & Adnet, 2019</small>
** Genus †''[[Florenceodon]]'' <small>Cappetta, Morrison & Adnet, 2019</small>
* Family [[Hemigaleidae]]
** Genus †''[[Moerigaleus]]'' <small>Underwood & Ward, 2011</small>
* Family [[Galeocerdo|Galeocerdonidae]]
** Genus †''[[Physogaleus]]'' <small>Cappetta, 1980</small>
* Family †[[Pseudoscylio|Pseudoscyliorhinidae]] <small>Stumpf, Scheer & Kriwet, 2019</small>
** Genus †''[[Diprosopovenator]]'' <small>Stumpf, Scheer & Kriwet, 2019</small>
** Genus †''[[Pseudoscyliorhinus]]'' <small>Müller & Diedrich, 1991</small>
* Family [[Pentanchidae]]
** Genus †''[[Pseudoapristurus]]'' <small>Pollerspöck & Straube, 2017</small>
* Family [[Proscylliidae|Proscyllidae]]
** Genus †''[[Praeproscyllium]]'' <small>Underwood & Ward, 2004</small>
* Family [[Scyliorhinidae]]
** Genus †''[[Bavariscyllium]]'' <small>Thies, 2005</small>
** Genus †''[[Cadiera]]'' <small>Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014</small>
** Genus †''[[Casieria]]'' <small>Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997</small>
** Genus †''[[Crassescyliorhinus]]'' <small>Underwood & Ward, 2008</small>
** Genus †''[[Cretascyliorhinus]]'' <small>Underwood & Mitchell, 1999</small>
** Genus †''[[Foumtizia]]'' <small>Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997</small>
** Genus †''[[Megascyliorhinus]]'' <small>Cappetta & Ward, 1977</small>
** Genus †''[[Microscyliorhinus]]'' <small>Case, 1994</small>
** Genus †''[[Orthodon (genus)|Orthodon]]'' <small>Coquand, 1860</small>
** Genus †''[[Pachyscyllium]]'' <small>Reinecke, Moths, Grant & Breitkreuz, 2005</small>
** Genus †''[[Palaeoscyllium]]'' <small>Wagner, 1857</small>
** Genus †''[[Platyrhizoscyllium]]'' <small>Adnet, 2006</small>
** Genus †''[[Porodermoides]]'' <small>Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997</small>
** Genus †''[[Premontreia]]'' <small>Cappetta, 1992</small>
** Genus †''[[Prohaploblepharus]]'' <small>Underwood & Ward, 2008</small>
** Genus †''[[Protoscyliorhinus]]'' <small>Herman, 1977</small>
** Genus †''[[Pteroscyllium]]'' <small>Cappetta, 1980</small>
** Genus †''[[Scyliorhinotheca]]'' <small>Kiel, Peckmann & Simon, 2013</small>
** Genus †''[[Sigmoscyllium]]'' <small>Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013</small>
** Genus †''[[Stenoscyllium]]'' <small>Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997</small>
** Genus †''[[Thiesus]]'' <small>Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014</small>
** Genus †''[[Tingaleus]]'' <small>Cappetta, 1993</small>
* Family [[Houndshark|Triakidae]]
** Genus †''[[Archaeotriakis]]'' <small>Case, 1978</small>
** Genus †''[[Gomphogaleus]]'' <small>Adnet & Cappetta, 2008</small>
** Genus †''[[Kallodentis]]'' <small>Engelbrecht, Mörs, Reguero & Kriwet, 2017</small>
** Genus †''[[Khouribgaleus]]'' <small>Noubhani & Cappetta, 1997</small>
** Genus †''[[Meridiogaleus]]'' <small>Engelbrecht, Mörs, Reguero & Kriwet, 2017</small>
** Genus †''[[Pachygaleus]]'' <small>Cappetta, 1992</small>
** Genus †''[[Palaeogaleus]]'' <small>Gurr, 1962</small>
** Genus †''[[Palaeotriakis]]'' <small>Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta & Ward, 2013</small>
** Genus †''[[Rhaibodus]]'' <small>Böhm, 1926</small>
** Genus †''[[Squatigaleus]]'' <small>Cappetta, 1989</small>
** Genus †''[[Xystrogaleus]]'' <small>Adnet, 2006</small>