Cirrhigaleus Tanaka [S.] 1912:151 Masc. Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka 1912. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Cirrhigaleus Tanaka 1912 -- (Compagno 1984:61 [ref. 6474], Paxton et al. 1989:33 [ref. 12442] as Cirrigaleus, Compagno 1999:472 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:380 [ref. 26984], Hoese 2006:154 [ref. 28998], White et al. 2007:19 [ref. 29244], Ebert et al. 2010:22 [ref. 30955], Castro 2011:51 [ref. 31457], Duffy & Last 2015:127 [ref. 34221], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:58 [ref. 34398], Ehemann et al. 2018:24 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:18 [ref. 35805], Ebert et al. 2021:20 [ref. 38234], Viana & Soares 2023:27 [ref. 40450]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhigaleus Tanaka 1912. Squalidae.