Family Cetorhinidae Gill 1861

Name in prevailing recent practice

Selachii Richardson 1836:287 [ref. 3731] (family) Selache [stem Selach- confirmed by Günther 1870:394 [ref. 1995] and by Carus 1893:507 [ref. 17975]; senior objective synonym of Cetorhininae Gill 1861, but later only used as name in the ordinal series]

Cetorhininae Gill 1861a:60 [ref. 1766] (subfamily) Cetorhinus [junior objective synonym of Selachii Richardson 1836, but Cetorhinidae in prevailing recent practice; family-group name used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Springer 1973 [ref. 7162], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Whitehead et al. (1984) [ref. 13675], Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715], Springer 1990b [ref. 19319], Robins et al. 1991a [ref. 14237], Last & Stevens 1994 [ref. 23873], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Springer & Raasch 1995:102 [ref. 25656], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Compagno 1999 [ref. 25589], Chu & Meng 2001, Compagno 2001 [ref. 26323], Menezes et al. 2003 [ref. 27192], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Last & Stevens 2009]

Halsydridae Whitley 1934:196 [ref. 4949] (family) Halsydrus [name only, but used as valid by Fowler 1944a:477 [ref. 1448] Article 13.2.1]