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GENUS Chaenogaleus Gill, 1862 - Hooktooth Sharks [=Chaenogaleus Gill [T FAMILY Hemigaleidae Hasse, 1878 - weasel sharks [=Hemigaleus, Hemipristinae] Notes: Hemigaleus Hasse, 1878:146 [ref. 32587] (family) Hemigaleus [clearly used as a suprageneric taxon, Article 11.7.1.2; corrected to Hemigaleidae by Compagno 1973a:392 [ref. 898]] Hemipristinae Fowler, 1947:12 [ref. 1458] (subfamily) Hemipristis GENUS Chaenogaleus Gill, 1862 - hooktooth sharks [=Chaenogaleus Gill [T. N.], 1862:400, 402] Notes: [ref. 1783]. Masc. Hemigaleus macrostoma Bleeker, 1852. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Gill 1862:411 [ref. 4910]. •Valid as Chaenogaleus Gill, 1862 -- (Compagno 1984:437 [ref. 6846], Compagno & Smale 1985:4 [ref. 5649], Cappetta 1987:118 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:266 [ref. 13488], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Moore et al. 2012:6 [ref. 31771]). Current status: Valid as Chaenogaleus Gill, 1862. Hemigaleidae. Species Chaenogaleus macrostoma (Bleeker, 1852) - hooktooth shark [=Hemigaleus macrostoma Bleeker [P.], 1852:46, Pl. 2 (fig. 10), Hemigaleus balfouri Day [F.], 1878:717, Pl. 185 (fig. 4)] Notes: [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 12); ref. 333] Jakarta and Semarang, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Chaenogaleus macrostoma (Bleeker, 1852). Hemigaleidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine. (balfouri) [The fishes of India Part 4; ref. 4887] Coromandel coast, India. Current status: Synonym of Chaenogaleus macrostoma (Bleeker, 1852). Hemigaleidae. Habitat: marine. GENUS Hemigaleus Bleeker, 1852 - weasel sharks [=Hemigaleus Bleeker [P.], 1852:45, Negogaleus Whitley [G. P.], 1931:334] Notes: [ref. 333]. Masc. Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker 1851. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1862:402 [ref. 1783]. Negogaleus Whitley, 1931 is an unneeded replacement. •Valid as Hemigaleus Bleeker, 1852 -- (Compagno 1984:438 [ref. 6846], Compagno & Smale 1985:4 [ref. 5649], Compagno 1988:262 [ref. 13488], Paxton et al. 1989:81 [ref. 12442], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], White et al. 2005:37 [ref. 28574], Compagno et al. 2005:33 [ref. 29145], Hoese & Gates 2006:94 [ref. 28997], Weigmann 2012:2 [ref. 31968]). Current status: Valid as Hemigaleus Bleeker, 1852. Hemigaleidae. (Negogaleus) [ref. 4672]. Masc. Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker, 1852. Type by being a replacement name. Apparently an unneeded replacement for Hemigaleus Bleeker, 1852, not preoccupied by Hemigalea (not investigated) or Hemigalus in Mammalia. •Objective synonym of Hemigaleus Bleeker, 1852 -- (Compagno 1984:438 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:262 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigaleus Bleeker, 1852. Hemigaleidae. Species Hemigaleus australiensis White et al., 2005 - Australian weasel shark [=Hemigaleus australiensis White [W. T.], Last [P. R.] & Compagno [L. J. V.], 2005:40, Fig. 1]] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 1077; ref. 28574] Northwest of Geraldton, Western Australia, 28°22'S, 113°49'E. Current status: Valid as Hemigaleus australiensis White, Last & Compagno, 2005. Hemigaleidae. Distribution: Northern Australia: Western Australia to New South Wales. Habitat: marine. Species Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker, 1852 - sicklefin weasel shark [=Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker [P.], 1852:46, Pl. 2 (fig. 9), Hemigaleus machlani Herre [A. W. C. T.], 1929:231] Notes: [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (art. 12); ref. 333] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker, 1852. Hemigaleidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: marine. (machlani) [Philippine Journal of Science v. 40 (no. 2); ref. 10968] Jolo, Sulu Province, Philippines. Current status: Synonym of Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker, 1852. Hemigaleidae. Distribution: Philippines, ? other areas. Habitat: marine. GENUS Hemipristis Agassiz, 1843 - snaggletooth sharks [=Hemipristis Agassiz [L.], 1843:237, 302 [Tome 3], Dirrhizodon Klunzinger [C. B.], 1871:664, Heterogaleus Gohar [H. A. F.] & Mazhar [F. M. M.], 1964:28] Notes: [ref. 13390]. Fem. Hemipristis serra Agassiz, 1843. Type by subsequent designation. Based on a fossil type species but a Recent species has been referred to this genus (see Paxton et al. 1989:81 [ref. 12442]). •Valid as Hemipristis Agassiz, 1843 -- (Compagno & Smale 1985:4 [ref. 5649], Compagno 1988:269 [ref. 13488] in Hemipristinae of family Hemigaleidae, Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Compagno et al. 2005:34 [ref. 29145], Hoese & Gates 2006:95 [ref. 28997], Moore et al. 2012:7 [ref. 31771]). Current status: Valid as Hemipristis Agassiz, 1843. Hemigaleidae. (Dirrhizodon) [ref. 2622]. Masc. Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Hemipristis Agassiz, 1843 -- (Compagno 1984:440 [ref. 6846], Cappetta 1987:119 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:269 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Hemipristis Agassiz, 1843. Hemigaleidae. (Heterogaleus) [ref. 1827]. Masc. Heterogaleus ghardaqensis Gohar & Mazhar, 1964. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of fossil genus Hemipristis Agassiz, 1843 -- (Compagno 1984:440 [ref. 6846], Compagno 1988:269 [ref. 13488]). Current status: Synonym of Hemipristis Agassiz, 1843. Hemigaleidae. Species Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871) - snaggletooth shark, fossil shark [=Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger [C. B.], 1871:665, Paragaleus acutiventralis Chu [Y.-T.], 1960:68, Carcharias ellioti Day [F.], 1878:716, Pl. 189 (fig. 2), Heterogaleus ghardaqensis Gohar [H. A. F.] & Mazhar [F. M. M.], 1964:29, Pl. 2 (figs. 3-4); Figs. 13-16, Hemipristis pingali Setna [S. B.] & Sarangdhar [P. N.], 1946:253] Notes: [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Current status: Valid as Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871). Hemigaleidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa east to Philippines, north to southern China, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine. (acutiventralis) [Cartilaginous fishes of China; ref. 21272] Bei-Hai, China. Current status: Synonym of Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871). Hemigaleidae. Habitat: marine. (ellioti) [The fishes of India Part 4; ref. 4887] Karachi, Pakistan. Current status: Synonym of Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871). Hemigaleidae. Habitat: marine. (ghardaqensis) [Publications Marine Biological Station Al Ghardaqa No. 13; ref. 1827] Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea, depth 6 meters. Current status: Synonym of Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871). Hemigaleidae. Habitat: marine. (pingali) [Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India v. 12 (no. 5); ref. 6848] Current status: Synonym of Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871). Hemigaleidae. Habitat: marine. GENUS Paragaleus Budker, 1935 - weasel sharks [=Paragaleus Budker [P.], 1935:107] Notes: [ref. 683]. Masc. Paragaleus gruveli Budker, 1935. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Paragalaxias Budker, 1935 -- (Compagno 1973:29 [ref. 7163], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:115 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:440 [ref. 6846], Compagno & Smale 1985:6 [ref. 5649], Bass et al. 1986:83 [ref. 5638], Cappetta 1987:118 [ref. 6348], Compagno 1988:258 [ref. 13488], Compagno et al. 1996:393 [ref. 23174], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Moore et al. 2012:7 [ref. 31771], Weigmann 2012:2 [ref. 31968], White & Harris 2013:172 [ref. 33038]). Current status: Valid as Paragaleus Budker, 1935. Hemigaleidae. Species Paragaleus leucolomatus Compagno & Smale, 1985 - whitetip weasel shark [=Paragaleus leucolomatus Compagno [L. J. V.] & Smale [M. J.], 1985:9, Figs. 2-8] Notes: [J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication No. 37; ref. 5649] Southeast of Kosi Bay mouth, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 20 meters. Current status: Valid as Paragaleus leucolomatus Compagno & Smale, 1985. Hemigaleidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean. Habitat: marine. Species Paragaleus pectoralis (Garman, 1906) - Atlantic weasel shark [=Hemigaleus pectoralis Garman [S.], 1906:203, Paragaleus gruveli Budker [P.], 1935:108, Figs. A-C] Notes: [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 46 (no. 11); ref. 1542] Off coasts of Massachusetts, U.S.A., western North Atlantic. Current status: Valid as Paragaleus pectoralis (Garman 1906). Hemigaleidae. Distribution: Atlantic. Habitat: marine. (gruveli) [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 683] Near Dakar, Senegal, eastern Atlantic. Current status: Synonym of Paragaleus pectoralis (Garman, 1906). Hemigaleidae. Habitat: marine Species Paragaleus randalli Compagno et al., 1996 - slender weasel shark [=Paragaleus randalli Compagno [L. J. V.], Krupp [F.] & Carpenter [K. E.], 1996:393] Notes: [Fauna of Saudia Arabia v. 15; ref. 23174] Bahrain, Arabian Gulf. Current status: Valid as Paragaleus randalli Compagno, Krupp & Carpenter, 1996. Hemigaleidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean; Gulf of Thailand. Habitat: marine. Species Paragaleus tengi (Chen, 1963) - straight-tooth weasel shark [=Negogaleus tengi Chen [J. T. F.], 1963:77, Fig. 24, Negogaleus longicaudatus Bessednov [L. N.], 1966:302, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Biological Bulletin Tunghai University Ichthyology Series Number 1; ref. 4449] Taichung Market, western Taiwan. Current status: Valid as Paragaleus tengi (Chen, 1963). Hemigaleidae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine. (longicaudatus) [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 45; ref. 8010] Gulf of Tonkin, 17°53' - 18°10'N, 106°47.4 - 106°30'E. South China Sea, depth 32 meters. Current status: Synonym of Paragaleus tengi (Chen, 1963). Hemigaleidae.
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