Typový druh
Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898.
Původní popis
Jordan D. S. 1898. Description of a species of fish (Mitsukurina owstoni) from Japan, the type of a distinct family of lamnoid sharks. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 3) v. 1 (no. 6). 199-202.