Genus Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810
Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810, Caratt.gen.sp.anim.piant., Sicilia, Palermo, Pt. 1:14.
Type Species:
Etmopterus aculeatus Rafinesque, 1810, by monotypy, equals Squalus spinex Linnaeus, 1758.
Synonymy:
Subgenus Spinax Cuvier, 1817 (Cloquet, 1816 ?)
Genus Centrina Lowe, 1833 (not Centrina Cuvier, 1817 = Oxynotus Rafinesque, 1810)
Genus Acanthidium Lowe, 1839
Genus Acanthidim Sollas, 1906 (error).
FAO Names:
SQUAL Etmo [FAO Code]