Stegostoma Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1837:112 Neut. Squalus fasciatus Bloch 1785 (= Squalus fasciatus Hermann 1783). Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared in Müller & Henle 1838:24 [ref. 3069]. Stegostonea and Stegastomas are a misspellings. •Valid as Stegostoma Müller & Henle 1837 -- (Compagno 1984:200 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:8 [ref. 6441], Bass 1986:65 [ref. 5635], Paxton et al. 1989:92 [ref. 12442], Compagno 1999:477 [ref. 25589], Goto 2001:83 [ref. 25912], Compagno 2001:185 [ref. 26323], Compagno et al. 2005:22 [ref. 29145], Hoese & Gates 2006:125 [ref. 28997], Kimura 2009:8 [ref. 30426], Moore et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31771], Kottelat 2013:19 [ref. 32989], White et al. 2018:80 [ref. 35860], Fricke et al. 2018:7 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:8 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:21 [ref. 35922], Dahl et al. 2019:525 [ref. 36993], Ebert et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Stegostoma Müller & Henle 1837. Stegostomatidae.