| Valid name | Galeus |
| Synonym | Galeus Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Caratt Gen. Spec. Sicil., 1810: 13 |
| Synonym | Type: Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810, by subs. design. of Fowler, 1908: 53. |
| Synonym | Pristiurus Bonaparte, 1834, Incon. Fauna ital., Pesci, 3, fasc. 7 (type: Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810, by mo |