Family Squalidae Blainville, 1816
Genus or family Squalus Blainville, 1816, Bull.Soc.Philomat.Paris, 8:121.
Synonymy:
Family Squalinidae Leach, 1818
Family Squalidae Bonaparte, 1832
Subfamily Spinacini Bonaparte, 1838 (Family Squalidae)
Subfamily Scymnini Bonaparte, 1838 (Family Squalidae)
Family Spinaces Müller and Henle, 1839
Tribe Acantiana Gray, 1851 (Family Squalidae)
Tribe Dalatiana Gray, 1851 (Family Squalidae)
Family Centrophoroidei Bleeker, 1859
Family Somniosidae Jordan, 1888
Family Scymnorhinidae Gill, in Goode and Bean, 1896
Family Isistiidae Garman, 1899
Subfamily Etmopterinae Fowler, 1934 (Family Squalidae)
Subfamily Deaniinae Compagno 1973 (Family Squalidae).
FAO Names:
Dogfish sharks [English]
Squales [French]
Galludos [Spanish]
Tollos [Spanish]
SQUAL [FAO Code]