Genus Alopias Rafinesque, 1810
Alopias Rafinesque, 1810, Caratt.gen.sp.anim.piant.Sicilia, Palermo, pt. 1:13.
Type Species:
Alopias macrourus Rafinesque, 1810 by monotypy, a junior synonym of Squalus vulpinus
Bonnaterre, 1788).
Synonymy:
Genus Vulpecula Jarocki, 1822 (also Garman, 1913)
Genus Alopecias Müller and Henle, 1837
Genus Alopius Swainson, 1838
Genus Alopes Vladykov and McKensie, 1935 (error).
FAO Names:
ALOP Alop [FAO Code]