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Genera in the family or subfamily Hemigaleidae: [ 7 ] records


Chaenogaleus Gill [T. N.] 1862:400, 402 Masc. Hemigaleus macrostoma Bleeker 1852. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Gill 1862:411 [ref. 4910]. •Valid as Chaenogaleus Gill 1862 -- (Compagno 1984:437 [ref. 6846], Compagno & Smale 1985:4 [ref. 5649], Cappetta 1987:118 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:266 [ref. 13488], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Moore et al. 2012:6 [ref. 31771]). Current status: Valid as Chaenogaleus Gill 1862. Hemigaleidae.

Dirrhizodon Klunzinger [C. B.] 1871:664 Masc. Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger 1871. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Hemipristis Agassiz 1835 -- (Compagno 1984:440 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:119 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:269 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Hemipristis Agassiz 1835. Hemigaleidae.

Hemigaleus Bleeker [P.] 1852:45 Masc. Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker 1852. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1862:402 [ref. 1783]. Negogaleus Whitley 1931 is an unneeded replacement. •Valid as Hemigaleus Bleeker 1852 -- (Compagno 1984:438 [ref. 6846], Compagno & Smale 1985:4 [ref. 5649], Compagno 1988:262 [ref. 13488], Paxton et al. 1989:81 [ref. 12442], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], White et al. 2005:37 [ref. 28574], Compagno et al. 2005:33 [ref. 29145], Hoese & Gates 2006:94 [ref. 28997], Weigmann 2012:2 [ref. 31968], White et al. 2017:122 [ref. 35860], Golani & Fricke 2018:13 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:29 [ref. 35922]). Current status: Valid as Hemigaleus Bleeker 1852. Hemigaleidae.

Hemipristis Agassiz [L.] 1835:Pl. 27 (f. 18-38) Fem. Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first in 1835 as Pl. 27 in plate volume; description followed later in 1843 in v. 3, pp. 237, 302. Based on a fossil type species but a Recent species has been referred to this genus (see Paxton et al. 1989:81 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Hemipristis Agassiz 1835 (often dated 1843) -- (Compagno & Smale 1985:4 [ref. 5649], Compagno 1988:269 [ref. 13488] in Hemipristinae of family Hemigaleidae, Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Compagno et al. 2005:34 [ref. 29145], Hoese & Gates 2006:95 [ref. 28997], Moore et al. 2012:7 [ref. 31771], White et al. 2017:124 [ref. 35860], Fricke et al. 2018:11 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:13 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:30 [ref. 35922], Ebert et al. 2021:59 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Hemipristis Agassiz 1835. Hemigaleidae.

Heterogaleus Gohar [H. A. F.] & Mazhar [F. M. M.] 1964:28 Masc. Heterogaleus ghardaqensis Gohar & Mazhar 1964. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Hemipristis Agassiz 1835 -- (Compagno 1984:440 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:269 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Hemipristis Agassiz 1835. Hemigaleidae.

Negogaleus Whitley [G. P.] 1931:334 Masc. Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker 1852. Type by being a replacement name. Apparently an unneeded replacement for Hemigaleus Bleeker 1852, not preoccupied by Hemigalea (not investigated) or Hemigalus in Mammalia. •Objective synonym of Hemigaleus Bleeker 1852 -- (Compagno 1984:438 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:262 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigaleus Bleeker 1852. Hemigaleidae.

Paragaleus Budker [P.] 1935:107 Masc. Paragaleus gruveli Budker 1935. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Paragaleus Budker 1935 -- (Compagno 1973:29 [ref. 7163], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:115 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:440 [ref. 6846], Compagno & Smale 1985:6 [ref. 5649], Bass et al. 1986:83 [ref. 5638], Cappetta 1987:118 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:258 [ref. 13488], Compagno et al. 1996:393 [ref. 23174], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Moore et al. 2012:7 [ref. 31771], Weigmann 2012:2 [ref. 31968], White & Harris 2013:172 [ref. 33038], Fricke et al. 2018:11 [ref. 35805], Ebert et al. 2021:59 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Paragaleus Budker 1935. Hemigaleidae.


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