Genus Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929
Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929, Aust.Zool., 5(4):354. Proposed as a replacement name for Rhizoprion Ogilby, 1915.
Type Species:
Carcharias (Scoliodon) crenidens Klunzinger, 1879, by original designation; a junior synonym of Carcharias acutus Rüppell, 1837.
Synonymy:
Genus Rhizoprion Ogilby, 1915 (junior homonym of Rhizoprion Jourdan, 1861, in Mammalia); Genus Protozygaena Whitley, 1940.
FAO Names:
CARCH Rhiz [FAO Code]