| Valid name | Leptocharias |
| Synonym | Gender: M; In Müller and Henle, Mag. nat. Hist. (n. ser.) 2: 36 |
| Synonym | Leptocharias A. Smith, 1838 |
| Synonym | Leptocarcharias Gunther, 1870, Cat. Fish. British Mus., 8: 384 (emendation of Leptocharias A. Smith; type: Tria |
| Synonym | Type: Triaenodon smithii Muller and Henle, 1841, by design. of Müller and Henle, 1841: 56). |
| Synonym | Leptocarias Müller and Henle, 1841, Syst. Beschr. Plagiost.: 56 (a probable error for Leptocharias A. Smith, 1838) |