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

Centracion Gray [J. E.] 1831:5 Neut. Centracion zebra Gray 1831. Type by monotypy. Perhaps intended for Cestracion but unclear from text. •Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1984:155 [ref. 6474]). Current status: Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816. Heterodontidae.

Cestracion Bosc [L. A. G.] (ex Cuvier) 1816:598 Squalus philippi Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by subsequent monotypy. Also latinized as Cestracion by Oken (ex Cuvier) 1817:Cestracio by Cloquet 1817:20 [ref. 852], and Cestralion by Müller & Henle 1838:85 [ref. 3068]. Cestracion Gray 1831:5 [ref. 1880] is not an original genus description [contra Compagno 2001:34 [ref. 26323]]. •Objective synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1984:155 [ref. 6474], Cappetta 1987:70 [ref. 6348], Compagno 2001:34 [ref. 26323]). Current status: Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816. Heterodontidae.

Gyropleurodus Gill [T. N.] 1862:331 Masc. Cestracion francisci Girard 1855. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1984:155 [ref. 6474], Compagno 2001:34 [ref. 26323]). Current status: Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816. Heterodontidae.

Heterodontus (subgenus of Squalus) Blainville [H. de] 1816:121 Masc. Squalus philippi Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Heterodontes by Gill 1862:403 [ref. 1783]. •Valid as Heterodontus Blainville 1816 -- (Taylor & Castro-Aguirre 1972 [ref. 7158], Compagno 1984:155 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:3 [ref. 6441], Bass 1986:48 [ref. 5635], Cappetta 1987:70 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:95 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:90 [ref. 22532], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:41 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:475 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2001:34 [ref. 26323], Compagno et al. 2005:15 [ref. 29145], Hoese & Gates 2006:60 [ref. 28997], White 2008:32 [ref. 30617], Castro 2011:174 [ref. 31457], Stewart 2015:56 [ref. 34215], Dyldin 2015:44 [ref. 34524], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:68 [ref. 34398], Motomura et al. 2017:19 [ref. 35490], Ehemann et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36194], White et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40295]). Current status: Valid as Heterodontus Blainville 1816. Heterodontidae.

Molochophrys Whitley [G. P.] 1931:310 Fem. Cestracion galeatus Günther 1870. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1984:155 [ref. 6474], Compagno 2001:34 [ref. 26323]). Current status: Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816. Heterodontidae.

Tropidodus Gill [T. N.] 1863:489, 490 Masc. Cestracion pantherinus Valenciennes 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Type designated in footnote on p. 489. Misspelled Tropidopus by Beebe & Tee-Van 1941:118 [ref. 16102]. •Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1984:155 [ref. 6474], Compagno 2001:34 [ref. 26323]). Current status: Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816. Heterodontidae.

Wuia (subgenus of Heterodontus) Fowler [H. W.] 1934:233 Fem. Centracion zebra Gray 1831. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Objective synonym of Centracion Gray 1831. •Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816 -- (Compagno 1984:155 [ref. 6474], Compagno 2001:34 [ref. 26323]). Current status: Synonym of Heterodontus Blainville 1816. Heterodontidae.