Genus Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816: 121 . Type species:not designated; Blainville included the species “ Gunneri; Peregrinus; Shavianus; Homianus?” in Cetorhinus without further comment. Gill (1862) designated Squalus maximus “Linnaeus ” (= Gmelin, 1789) as type of Cetorhinus, but this was not an included species. Jordan & Gilbert (1883) designated “ Cetorhinus gunnerianus Blainv. = S. maximus L.” (a junior synonym of Squalus maximus Gunnerus, 1765) as type of Cetorhinus, which may be the earliest valid type designation.