Family Carcharhinidae Jordan & Evermann 1896

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 35.5

Triaenodontini Bonaparte 1835:[4] [ref. 32242] (subfamily) Triaenodon [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1]

Prionidae Swainson 1838:234, 235 [ref. 4302] (family) Prionodon Müller & Henle [invalid, Article 39]

? Nictitantes Owen 1846:51 [ref. 32214] (family)? [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Cynocephali Gill 1862p:399, 401 [ref. 1783] (group) Cynocephalus Gill [invalid, Article 39]

Galeocerdini Poey 1875:86 [ref. 3509] (subfamily) Galeocerdo [stem emended to Galeocerdon- by Steyskal 1980:175 [ref. 14191]]

Carcharhininae Jordan & Evermann 1896a:28 [ref. 2443] (subfamily) Carcharhinus [family-group name used as valid by: Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Whitehead et al. (1984) [ref. 13675], Smith & Heemstra 1986 [ref. 5715], Paxton et al. 1989 [ref. 12442], Springer 1990c [ref. 19320], Robins et al. 1991a [ref. 14237], Allen & Robertson 1994 [ref. 22193], Last & Stevens 1994 [ref. 23873], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Compagno 1999 [ref. 25589], Chu & Meng 2001, Grace 2001 [ref. 25694], Menezes et al. 2003 [ref. 27192], Paugy, Lévêque & Teugels 2003a [ref. 29209], Reis et al. 2003 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004 [ref. 27807], Hoese et al. 2006, Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Stiassny, Teugels & Hopkins 2007a [ref. 30009], Kimura, Satapoomin & Matsuura 2009 [ref. 30425], Last & Stevens 2009, Allen & Erdmann 2012 [ref. 31980], White 2012 [ref. 31843]]

Eulamiidae Fowler 1916a:36 [ref. 33047] (family) Eulamia

Loxodontinae Whitley 1934:185 [ref. 4949] (subfamily) Loxodon [name only; preoccupied in mammals, invalid, Article 55.3]

Scoliodontinae Whitley 1934:185, 186 [ref. 4949] (subfamily) Scoliodon [name only, but used as valid by Fowler 1968:61 [ref. 9319] and by Compagno 1973b:28 [ref. 31929] Article 13.2.1]

Galeolamnidae Romer 1945:577 [ref. 32833] (family) Galeolamna [name only, used as valid before 2000?; not available]

Rhizoprionodontini Compagno 1988:290 [ref. 13488] (tribe) Rhizoprionodon

Isogomphodontini Compagno 1988:301 [ref. 13488] (tribe) Isogomphodon