Synonyms: Centrophorus squamulosus, Centroscymnus obscurus, Centroscymnus squamulosus, Scymnodon aff. obscurus, Scymnodon cf. squamulosus, Scymnodon niger, Scymnodon obscurus, Scymnodon squamulosus, Zameus cf. squamulosus
Common name: Velvet dogfish
Original description species: (Günther, 1877)
Genus: Zameus Jordan & Fowler, 1903
Family: Somniosidae Jordan, 1888
Order: Squaliformes
Superorder: Squalomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii