| Valid name | Sphyrna |
| Synonym | Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Synonym | Type: Squalus zygaena L., by subs. design. of Jordan and Gilbert, 1883. |
| Synonym | Gender: F; Indice Ittiol. sicil.: 46, 60 |
| Synonym | Sphyrnias Rafinesque, 1815, Anal. de la Nat.: 93 (substitute name for Sphyrna Raf.). |
| Synonym | Sphyra van der Hoeven, 1855, Handboek der Dierkunde: 68 (presumed emended spelling for Sphyrna Raf.; type: Squa |
| Synonym | Cestrorhinus Blainville, 1816, Bull. Soc. philomath. Paris: 121 (type: Squalus zygaena L., by subs. design. of Fow |
| Synonym | Zygaena Cuvier, 1817, Règne anim.: 127 (type: Squalus zygaena L., by absolute tautonymy; genus name preoccupied by |
| Synonym | Zygoena Risso, 1826, Hist. nat.... Nice et Alpes maritimes: 125 (presumed emended spelling for Zygaena Cuv.). |
| Synonym | Sphyrnichthys Thienemann, 1828, Lehrbuch Zool.: 408 (substitute name for Sphyrna Raf.). |
| Synonym | Zygana Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist. Clas. Fish. Amphib., Rept.: 318 (presumed misspelling of Zygaena). |
| Synonym | Cestracion Klein, in Walbaum, 1792, P. Artedi renovati, pt. 3: 580 (type: Squalus zygaena L., by subs. design. of |