Synonyms: Chaenogaleus macrostomus, Hemigaleus balfouri, Hemigaleus macrostoma, Negogaleus balfouri, Negogaleus macrostoma
Common name: Hooktooth shark
Original description species: (Bleeker, 1852)
Genus: Chaenogaleus Gill, 1862
Family: Hemigaleidae Hasse, 1878
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii