| Valid name | Centrophorus |
| Synonym | Centrophorus Müller and Henle, 1837 |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Arch. Naturgesch., 3 (1): 398 |
| Synonym | Type: Squalus granulosus Schneider, by monotypy. Also 1837a, Ber. preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin: 115. |
| Synonym | Machephilus Johnson, 1867, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.: 713 (type: M. dumerili Johnson, by monotypy). |
| Synonym | Atractophorus Gilchrist, 1922, Rep. Fish. mar. biol. Surv. Un. S. afr. (Spec. Rep.) 2 (3): 48 (type: Atractophorus arm |
| Synonym | Lepidorhinus Bonaparte, 1838. Gender: M; Nuov. Ann. Sci. nat., 1(2): 207. Type: Squalus squamosus Bonnaterre, by o |
| Synonym | Entoxychirus Gill, 1862b, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.: 496, 498 (type: Squalus uyato Rafinesque, by monotypy). |