Family Sphyrnidae Gill, 1872
Family Sphyrnidae Gill, 1872, Smithsonian Misc.Coll., (247):24.
Synonymy:
Subfamily Zyganinae Swainson, 1838 (Family Squalidae); Family Zygaenidae Owen, 1846; Family Cestraciontoidae Gill, 1862 (not Subfamily Cestraciontini Bonaparte, 1838 equals Family Heterodontidae Gray, 1851).
FAO Names:
Bonnethead sharks [English]
Hammerhead sharks [English]
Scoophead sharks [English]
Requins marteau [French]
Cornudas [Spanish]
SPHYRN [FAO Code]