What is the binomial name for a shark?

Answer 1

The genus of a shark depends on the species of shark. Sharks are part of the Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata and Class: Chondrichthyes.
It depends on the specific shark. There is no single genus.

Answer 2

There are hundreds of species of shark, all in the Class Chondrichthyes.

Some examples:

Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias

Whale Shark Rhincodon typus

Smooth Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna zygaena

Cookie Cutter Shark Isistius braziliensis

Answer 3

That depends on the type of shark you are referring to. There are eight extant (living) orders of sharks currently. After their order, comes the family that a shark belongs to (ie hammerhead sharks which are in the family Sphyrnidae, Great White Sharks which belong to the family Lamnidae, etc.). After the family comes the genus that a shark belongs to (for instance, great white sharks belong to the genus Carcharodon).

Answer 4

Pistris is a shark, sea monster or whale. Cetus is a shark, whale, seal, dog fish or dolphin

Answer 5

Galeus, from gale, a Greek word that refers to a small carnivorous mammal (either a cat or a weasel).

Answer 6

The binomial name for a shark is "Selachimorpha."