Rhincodon Smith [A.] 1829:433 Masc. Rhincodon typus Smith 1828. Type by monotypy (also by use of typus). On Official List (Opinion 1278). Misspelled Rineodon, Rhiniodon, Rhinodon, and Rhinecodon. Misspelled Rhinodon by Müller & Henle 1839:77 [ref. 3069]. Rhiniodon Smith 1828:2 on Official Index for purposes of priority (Opinion 1278). Appeared first as Rhiniodon Smith 1828 (see also Penrith 1972 [ref. 7140]), but not accepted by ICZN. •Valid as Rhincodon Smith 1829 -- (Compagno 1984:209 [ref. 6474], Bass 1986:66 [ref. 5635], Wolfson 1986 [ref. 6150], Cappetta 1987:81 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:94 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:118 [ref. 22532], Compagno 1999:477 [ref. 25589], Goto 2001:82 [ref. 25912], Compagno 2001:202 [ref. 26323], Compagno 2003:442 [ref. 26984], Compagno et al. 2005:23 [ref. 29145], Hoese & Gates 2006:130 [ref. 28997], White 2008:51 [ref. 30617], Kimura 2009:10 [ref. 30426], Castro 2011:194 [ref. 31457], Moore et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31771], Roberts 2015:111 [ref. 34220], Dyldin 2015:44 [ref. 34524], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:71 [ref. 34398], White et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35860], Fricke et al. 2018:8 [ref. 35805], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:162 [ref. 35920], Ehemann et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36194], Golani & Fricke 2018:10 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:22 [ref. 35922], Brown et al. 2019:152 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:37 [ref. 36673], Ebert et al. 2021:38 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Rhincodon Smith 1829. Rhincodontidae.