Family Carcharhinidae Jordan and Evermann, 1896
Subfamily Carcharhininae Jordan and Evermann, 1896 (Family Galeidae), Bull.U.S.Nat.Mus., 48(1):28. The emended variant Family Carcharhinidae Garman, 1913 (original spelling Carcharinidae) was placed on the Official List of Family Group Names in Zoology by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1965, Opinion 723, 7b, Name no. 386).
Synonymy:
Subfamily Triaenodontini Bonaparte, 1838 (Family Squalidae); Family Trianodontes Müller and Henle, 1839; Family Carchariae Müller and Henle, 1839 (placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1965, Opinion 723.8a, Name no. 413)); Family Nictitantes Owen, 1846 (no nomenclatural standing); Family Eulamiidae Fowler, 1928; Subfamily Galeocerdinae Whitley, 1934 (Family Galeidae); Subfamily Scoliodontidae Whitley, 1934 (Family Galeidae); Subfamily Loxodontinae Whitley, 1934 (Family Galeidae, not Subfamily Loxodontinae Osborn, 1918 in Family Elephantidae, Class Mammalia).
FAO Names:
Requiem sharks [English]
Requins [French]
Cazones picudos [Spanish]
Tiburones [Spanish]
Tintoreras [Spanish]
CARCH [FAO Code]