| Valid name | Galeocerdo |
| Synonym | Type: Squalus arcticus Faber, 1829, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Galeocerdo Müller and Henle, 1837 |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Silz. Ber. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 115 (atypic and without species); Arch. Naturgesch., 1837, 3 (1): 397 |
| Synonym | Boreogaleus Gill, 1862, Ann. Lyceum nat. Hisf. New York, 7: 402, 411 (type: Squalus arcticus Faber, 1829, by orig. |