Genus Poroderma Smith, 1837
Poroderma Smith, 1837, Proc.Zool.Soc.Lond., 5:85 (no description, but with allocation of 4 species including one previously named, "Scyllium africanum Cuvier", = Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789).
Type Species:
Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789, by subsequent designation of Fowler (1908:53).
Synonymy:
Subgenus Conoporoderma Fowler, 1934 (genus Poroderma).
FAO Names:
SCYL Por [FAO Code]