Family Oxynotidae Gill 1863

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Centrinae Swainson 1838:159 [ref. 4302] (subfamily) Centrina [as Centrinus, name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; corrected to Centrininae by Swainson 1839:191, 314 [ref. 4303]; senior objective synonym of Oxynotoidae Gill 1863]

Oxynotoidae Gill 1863b:496 [ref. 1671] (family) Oxynotus [date sometimes seen as 1862; stem Oxynotconfirmed by Gill 1872:24 [ref. 26254]; junior objective synonym of Centrinae Swainson 1838, but Oxynotidae in prevailing recent practice; family-group name used as valid by: Jordan 1923 [ref. 2421], Krefft & Tortonese 1973 [ref. 7165], Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy 1976 [ref. 7356], Shiino 1976, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Whitehead et al. (1984) [ref. 13675], Springer 1990a [ref. 19315], Last & Stevens 1994 [ref. 23873], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Compagno 1999 [ref. 25589], Yano & Matsuura 2002 [ref. 26346], Azevedo, Sousa & Brum 2003 [ref. 27250], Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Last & Stevens 2009]