Family Hexanchidae Gray, 1851
Tribe Hexanchina Gray, 1851, List Fish British Mus., Part 1, Chondropterygii, Brit.Mus.(Nat.Hist.):67 (Family Squalidae).
Synonymy:
Subfamily Notidanini Bonaparte, 1838 (Family Squalidae)
Family Hexeptranchidae Garman, 1913
Family Heptranchidae Barnard, 1925.
FAO Names:
Cow sharks [English]
Sevengill sharks [English]
Sixgill sharks [English]
Requins à six et sept fentes branchiales [French]
Requins grisés [French]
Requins perlon [French]
Requins vaches [French]
Cañabotas [Spanish]
HEX [FAO Code]