Orectolobus (subgenus of Scyllium) Bonaparte [C. L.] 1834:puntata 39 Masc. Squalus barbatus Gmelin 1789. Type by subsequent designation. Published in fasc. 7, puntata 39 under Scyllium canicula. Genus restricted by Gill 1896:211 [ref. 12504], but type not technically designated by him. Earliest technical designation possibly by Bonaparte 1838:213 [11 of separate, and see p. 2] [ref. 4979] as Scyllium ornatum Gray 1830, needs research and possibly suppression. •Valid as Orectolobus Bonaparte 1834 -- (Compagno 1984:180 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:8 [ref. 6441], Gomon et al. 1994:115 [ref. 22532], Compagno 1999:476 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2001:152 [ref. 26323], Goto 2001:80 [ref. 25912], Compagno 2001:152 [ref. 26323], Compagno et al. 2005:19 [ref. 29145], Last et al. 2006:35 [ref. 28717], Huveneers 2006:29 [ref. 28782], Hoese et al. 2006:119 [ref. 29001], Last & Chidlow 2008:49 [ref. 29443], Goto 2008:133 [ref. 29609], Last et al. 2008:39 [ref. 29677], White 2008:47 [ref. 30617], Last et al. 2010:1 [ref. 30845], Parin et al. 2014:18 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:45 [ref. 34524], White et al. 2018:62 [ref. 35860], White & Ko'ou 2018:16 [ref. 35922]). Current status: Valid as Orectolobus Bonaparte 1834. Orectolobidae.