Chiloscyllium Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1837:112 Neut. Scyllium plagiosum Anonymous [Bennett] 1830. Type by subsequent monotypy (or designated by Gill 1861:407 [ref. 4910]). Appeared without species as above and in Müller & Henle 1837:395 [ref. 13421], then apparently next in Müller & Henle in Smith 1837:85. Also appeared in Müller & Henle 1838:17 [ref. 3069]. Spelled Chyloscyllium and Cheiloscyllium in early literature. •Valid as Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle 1837 -- (Dingerkus & Defino 1983:7 [ref. 5386], Compagno 1984:189 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:8 [ref. 6441], Bass 1986:64 [ref. 5635], Kharin 1987 [ref. 6227], Cappetta 1987:72 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:89 [ref. 12442], Compagno 1999:476 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2001:165 [ref. 26323], Goto 2001:82 [ref. 25912], Compagno et al. 2005:20 [ref. 29145], Hoese et al. 2006:123 [ref. 29001], Kimura 2009:7 [ref. 30426], Moore et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31771], Weigmann 2012:3 [ref. 31968], Allen et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32791], Kottelat 2013.18 [ref. 32989], White et al. 2018:68 [ref. 35860], Fricke et al. 2018:7 [ref. 35805], White & Ko'ou 2018:17 [ref. 35922]). Current status: Valid as Chiloscyllium Müller & Henle 1837. Hemiscylliidae.