Rhizoprionodon Whitley [G. P.] 1929:354 Masc. Carcharias (Scoliodon) crenidens Klunzinger 1880. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Rhizoprion Ogilby 1915, preoccupied by Rhizoprion Jourdan 1861 in mammals. •Valid as Rhizoprionodon Whitley 1929 -- (Springer 1964:590 [ref. 3494], Compagno 1973:31 [ref. 7163], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:113 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:524 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:5 [ref. 6441], Bass et al. 1986:85 [ref. 5638], Cappetta 1987:126 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:294 [ref. 13488], Paxton et al. 1989:83 [ref. 12442], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:44 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:484 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:469 [ref. 26984], Compagno et al. 2005:43 [ref. 29145], Hoese et al. 2006:106 [ref. 29001], Voigt & Weber 2011:32 [ref. 31424], Castro 2011:388 [ref. 31457], Moore et al. 2012:10 [ref. 31771], Kottelat 2013:22 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:24 [ref. 33547], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:96 [ref. 34398], White et al. 2017:174 [ref. 35860], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:165 [ref. 35920], Ehemann et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:16 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:12 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:40 [ref. 35922], Ebert et al. 2021:67 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Rhizoprionodon Whitley 1929. Carcharhinidae.