Genus Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810
Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810, Indic.Ittiolog.Siciliana, Messina, 46, 60.
Type Species:
Squalus zygaena Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation of Jordan and Gilbert (1883:26).
Synonymy:
Genus Sphyrnias Rafinesque, 1815
Subgenus Cestrorhinus Blainville, 1816 (Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Zygaena Cuvier, 1817 (Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Zygoena Risso, 1826
Genus Sphyrichthys Thienemann, 1828
Genus Platysgualus Swainson, 1839
Genus Zygaena Swainson, 1839
Genus Sphyra van der Hoeven, 1855
Genus Cestracion Gill, 1862 (junior homonym of Cestracion Oken, 1817)
Genus Reniceps Gill, 1862
FAO Names:
SPHYRN Sphyrn [FAO Code]