Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810
Gender: F; Indice Ittiol. sicil.: 46, 60
Type: Squalus zygaena L., by subs. design. of Jordan and Gilbert, 1883.
Synonyms
Cestracion Klein, in Walbaum, 1792, P. Artedi renovati, pt. 3: 580 (type: Squalus zygaena L., by subs. design. of Gill, 1861; name inadmissible, as result of Inter. Comm. rulings of 1907 and 1910).
Sphyrnias Rafinesque, 1815, Anal. de la Nat.: 93 (substitute name for Sphyrna Raf.).
Cestrorhinus Blainville, 1816, Bull. Soc. philomath. Paris: 121 (type: Squalus zygaena L., by subs. design. of Fowler, 1911).
Zygaena Cuvier, 1817, Règne anim.: 127 (type: Squalus zygaena L., by absolute tautonymy; genus name preoccupied by Zygaena Fabricius, 1775, for Lepidoptera).
Zygoena Risso, 1826, Hist. nat.... Nice et Alpes maritimes: 125 (presumed emended spelling for Zygaena Cuv.).
Sphyrnichthys Thienemann, 1828, Lehrbuch Zool.: 408 (substitute name for Sphyrna Raf.).
Zygana Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist. Clas. Fish. Amphib., Rept.: 318 (presumed misspelling of Zygaena).
Sphyra van der Hoeven, 1855, Handboek der Dierkunde: 68 (presumed emended spelling for Sphyrna Raf.; type: Squalus zygaena L., by subs. design. of Gill, 1861.)