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Genera that contain: Sphyrna [ 13 ] records

Cestracion Gill [T. N.] (ex Klein) 1862:403 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 7 (art. 32); ref. 1783] Neut. Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Spelled Cestralion by Müller & Henle 1838:85 [ref. 3068]. •Objective synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Compagno 1984:541 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:362 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Cestracion Ogilby [J. D.] (ex Walbaum after Klein) 1916:81 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 5; ref. 3295] Neut. Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation (name in parentheses). Validates Cestracion Walbaum 1792 (rejected work). Appears to have been described independently of Gill 1862. •Objective synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Cestrorhinus (subgenus of Squalus) Blainville [H. de] 1816:121 [Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris v. 8; ref. 306] Masc. Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1896:43 [ref. 2443], also by Fowler 1911:77 [ref. 6398]. •Objective synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Gilbert 1967:10 [ref. 21135], Gilbert 1973:32 [ref. 7164], Compagno 1984:541 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:127 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:362 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Mesozygaena (subgenus of Sphyrna) Compagno [L. J. V.] 1988:362, 366 [Sharks of the order Carcharhiniformes; ref. 13488] Fem. Sphyrna corona Springer 1940. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810, but a valid subgenus Mesozygaena as described -- (Compagno 1999:484 [ref. 25589]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Platysqualus (subgenus of Zygaena) Swainson [W.] 1839:192, 318 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Squalus tiburo Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Gilbert 1967:10 [ref. 21135], Compagno 1984:541 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:127 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:362 [ref. 13488], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:52 [ref. 24550]). •Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810, but a valid subgenus Platysqualus as described -- (Compagno 1999:484 [ref. 25589]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Reniceps Gill [T. N.] 1862:403 [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 7 (art. 32); ref. 1783] Neut. Squalus tiburo Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Gill 1862:412 [ref. 4910] where author of species is clear. •Objective synonym of Platysqualus Swainson 1839. •Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Gilbert 1967:10 [ref. 21135], Compagno 1984:541 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:127 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:362 [ref. 13488], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:52 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Sphyra Van der Hoeven [J.] 1855:68 [Handboek der Dierkunde; ref. 2182] Fem. Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758. Apparently an unjustified emendation or incorrect subsequent spelling of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. •In the synonymy of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Gilbert 1973:32 [ref. 7164], Compagno 1984:541 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:127 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:362 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Sphyrichthys Thienemann [F. A. L.] 1828:408 [Lehrbuch der Zoologie v. 3; ref. 4990] Masc. Sphyrichthys zygaena of Thienemann 1828 (= Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758). Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded new name for Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810, not preoccupied. •Objective synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Gilbert 1967:10 [ref. 21135], Gilbert 1973:32 [ref. 7164], Compagno 1984:541 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:127 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:362 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Sphyrna Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:46, 60 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Fem. Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bonaparte 1838:10 (of separate, see also p. 2) [ref. 4979]; also designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:26 [ref. 2476]. •Valid as Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Gilbert 1967:10 [ref. 21135], Gilbert 1973:32 [ref. 7164], Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:123 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:541 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:7 [ref. 6441], Bass 1986:96 [ref. 5635], Cappetta 1987:127 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:362 [ref. 13488], Paxton et al. 1989:86 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:138 [ref. 22532], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:52 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:484 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:498 [ref. 26984], Compagno et al. 2005:45 [ref. 29145], Hoese et al. 2006:110 [ref. 29001], White 2008:73 [ref. 30617], Lim et al. 2010:575 [ref. 39445], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:9 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:504 [ref. 31457], Moore et al. 2012:11 [ref. 31771], Weigmann 2012:2 [ref. 31968], Parin et al. 2014:24 [ref. 33547], Duffy 2015:108 [ref. 34217], Dyldin 2015:54 [ref. 34524], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:97 [ref. 34398], White et al. 2017:186 [ref. 35860], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:165 [ref. 35920], Ehemann et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:17 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:13 [ref. 36273], White & Ko'ou 2018:43 [ref. 35922], Brown et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:42 [ref. 36673], Ebert et al. 2021:68 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Valid as Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Zygaena (subgenus of Squalus) Cuvier [G.] 1816:127 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Fem. Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy). Misspelled or unjustifiably emended to Zygana by Swainson 1838:139 [ref. 4302] and 1839:192, 318 [ref. 4303]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Zugaena Fabricius 1775 in Lepidoptera. •In the synonymy of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Gilbert 1967:10 [ref. 21135], Gilbert 1973:32 [ref. 7164], Compagno 1984:541 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:127 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:362 [ref. 13488], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:52 [ref. 24550]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Zygana Swainson [W.] 1838:133, 139 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] Fem. Also in Swainson 1839:192, 318 [ref. 4303]. Misspelling or unjustified emendation of Zygaena Cuvier 1816, Swainson specifically referring to "Zygana Antiq." (pre-Linnaean authors spelled it Zygaena as did Cuvier). •In the synonymy of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Gilbert 1973:32 [ref. 7164], Compagno 1988:362 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Zyganna Billberg [G. J.] 1833:51 [Linnéska Samfundets Handlingar v. 1 (for 1832); ref. 34146] Fem. Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758. Type by being a replacement name. Unnecessary replacement name for Zygaena Cuvier 1816. •In the synonymy of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Kullander 2016:108 [ref. 34147]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.

Zygoena Risso [A.] 1827:125 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Fem. Squalus zygaena Linnaeus 1758. Apparently a misspelling of Zygaena Cuvier 1816, but perhaps independently described. •Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810 -- (Gilbert 1967:10 [ref. 21135], Gilbert 1973:32 [ref. 7164], Compagno 1984:541 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:362 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810. Sphyrnidae.


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