Halaelurus Gill [T. N.] 1862:407 Masc. Scyllium buergeri Müller & Henle 1838. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Gill 1862:412 [ref. 4910] where author of species is clear. •Valid as Halaelurus Gill 1862 -- (Nakaya 1975:60 [ref. 7083], Springer 1979:68 [ref. 4175], Compagno 1984:319 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:4 [ref. 6441], Bass 1986:90 [ref. 5635], Séret 1987 [ref. 6267], Compagno 1988:143 [ref. 13488], Compagno 1999:479 [ref. 25589], Compagno et al. 2005:26 [ref. 29145], Hoese et al. 2006:87 [ref. 28999], White et al. 2007:1 [ref. 29295], Akhilesh et al. 2011:40 [ref. 31200], McCosker et al. 2012:48 [ref. 31823], Parin et al. 2014:21 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:49 [ref. 34524], Motomura et al. 2017:20 [ref. 35490], Ebert et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Halaelurus Gill 1862. Pentanchidae.