Scymnodon Barbosa du Bocage [J. V.] & de Brito Capello [F.] 1864:263 Masc. Scymnodon ringens Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello 1864. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Centroscymnus Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello 1864 -- (Bass et al. 1986:52). •Valid as Scymnodon Bocage & Capello 1864 -- (Krefft & Tortonese 1973:44 [ref. 7165], McEachran & Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:141 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:97 [ref. 6474], Taniuchi & Garrick 1986:119 [ref. 5721], Cappetta 1987:60 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:36 [ref. 12442], Wetherbee & Crow 1996:335 [ref. 22434], Compagno 1999:474 [ref. 25589], Castro 2011:115 [ref. 31457], White & Last 2013:234 [ref. 33242], White et al. 2014:8 [ref. 33542], Stewart & Last 2015:158 [ref. 34225], Bañón et al. 2016:299 [ref. 34397]). Current status: Valid as Scymnodon Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello 1864. Somniosidae.