[Neoselachii] Compagno, 1977 - modern sharks and rays see Cohort Neoselachii Compagno, 1977
   Order Squaliformes Compagno, 1973 - dogfish sharks
     Family Squalidae Blainville, 1816 - dogfish sharks
       Genus Centroscymnus Bocage & Capello, 1864 - velvet dogfishes
         1 Centroscymnus coelolepisᵀ Bocage & Capello, 1864 - Portuguese shark
         2 Centroscymnus crepidater (Bocage & Capello, 1864) - longnose velvet dogfish see Centroselachus crepidater (Bocage & Capello, 1864)
         3 Centroscymnus cryptacanthus Regan, 1906 - shortnose velvet dogfish
         4 Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, 1906 - largespine velvet dogfish see Proscymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906)
         5 Centroscymnus owstoni Garman, 1906 - roughskin dogfish
         6 Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite, 1910) - Plunket shark see Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910)