Pristiophorus Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1837:116 Masc. Pristis cirratus Latham 1794. Type by monotypy. Also in Müller & Henle 1839:97 [ref. 3069]. Spelled Pristidophorus by Bonaparte 1838:8 (of separate) [ref. 4979]. •Valid as Pristiophorus Müller & Henle 1837 -- (Compagno 1984:133 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:11 [ref. 6441], Cappetta 1987:65 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:39 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:149 [ref. 22532], Compagno 1999:475 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:417 [ref. 26984], Compagno et al. 2005:57 [ref. 29145], Hoese & Gates 2006:162 [ref. 28997], Yearsley et al. 2008:23 [ref. 29675], White 2008:97 [ref. 30617], Ebert & Cailliet 2011:501 [ref. 31433], Castro 2011:159 [ref. 31457], Ebert & Wilms 2013:87 [ref. 33035], Weigmann et al. 2014:189 [ref. 33315], Myoung et al. 2016:11 [ref. 36309], Motomura et al. 2017:23 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:21 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Pristiophorus Müller & Henle 1837. Pristiophoridae.