Hemiscyllium Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1838:34 Neut. Squalus ocellatus Bonnaterre 1788. Type by monotypy. Predates Hemiscyllium Müller & Henle in Smith (13 Feb. 1838), Müller & Henle apparently published 2 Jan. 1838; see Dingerkus & DeFino 1983:35 [ref. 5386]. Also in Müller & Henle 1838:83 [ref. 3068]. •Valid as Hemiscyllium Müller & Henle 1838 -- (Dingerkus & DeFino 1983:35 [ref. 5386], Compagno 1984:195 [ref. 6474], Cappetta 1987:73 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:89 [ref. 12442], Compagno 1999:476 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2001:177 [ref. 26323], Goto 2001:81 [ref. 25912], Hoese et al. 2006:123 [ref. 29001], Allen & Erdmann 2008:94 [ref. 29476], Allen & Dudgeon 2010:20 [ref. 30713], Allen et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32791], Allen et al. 2016:53 [ref. 35399], White et al. 2018:72 [ref. 35860], White & Ko'ou 2018:19 [ref. 35922], Dudgeon et al. 2020:B [ref. 37271]). Current status: Valid as Hemiscyllium Müller & Henle 1838. Hemiscylliidae.