Odontaspis Agassiz [L.] 1838:87 Fem. Carcharinus ferox Risso 1827 (= Squalus ferox Risso 1810). Type by monotypy. Type confirmed by ICZN, on Official List (Opinion 723); type equals Squalus ferox Risso 1810 (Compagno 1984:219 [ref. 6474]); Odontaspis to take precedence over Carcharias Rafinesque 1810 when considered synonyms (Opinion 1459). Also appeared as Odontaspis Agassiz in Müller & Henle 1839:73 [ref. 3069]. •Valid as Odontaspis Agasssiz 1838 -- (Springer 1973:11 [ref. 7162], Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:80 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:219 [ref. 6474], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:7 [ref. 6441], Bass & Compagno 1986:104 [ref. 5637], Cappetta 1987:88 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:64 [ref. 12442], Compagno 1999:477 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2001:63 [ref. 26323], Hoese & Gates 2006:65 [ref. 28997], White 2008:35 [ref. 30617], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:6 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:206 [ref. 31457], Stewart 2015:59 [ref. 34215], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:72 [ref. 34398], Ehemann et al. 2018:21 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:8 [ref. 35805], Stone & Shimada 2019:633 [ref. 37195], Ebert et al. 2021:40 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Odontaspis Agassiz 1838. Odontaspididae.