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Brachaelurus Ogilby 1907 brachýs (Gr. βραχύς), short, referring to short and stout body; aelurus, from aílouros (Gr. αἴλουρος), cat, i.e., a short catshark

Brachaelurus colcloughi Ogilby 1908 in honor of Ogilby’s friend John Colclough, Amateur Fisherman’s Association of Queensland, who collected many specimens for Ogilby

Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider 1801) name given on a painting (now lost) by British ornithologist John Latham (1740–1837), from which it was described; meaning unknown, possibly based on waddi or waddy, an Australian aboriginal name for a war club and a species of tree (Acacia peuce) endemic to central Australia