Synonyms: Cestracion blochii, Cestracion (Zygaena) blochii, Eusphyra blochi, Eusphyra laticeps, Sphyrna blochi, Sphyrna blochii, Sphyrna (Eusphyra) blochii, Sphyrnias blochii, Zygaena blochii, Zygaena laticeps, Zygaena latycephala
Common name: Winghead shark
Original description species: (Cuvier, 1816)
Genus: Eusphyra Gill, 1862
Family: Sphyrnidae Bonaparte, 1840
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii