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Echinorhinus Blainville 1816 echī́nos (Gr.), hedgehog, sea-urchin or, metaphorically, having sharp points (i.e., prickly), referring to thorn-like denticles (brambles) on body; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhinós (Gr. ῥινός), skin or hide of a beast, or from rhínē (Gr. ῥίνη), rasp, both apparently alluding to a shark’s rough skin

Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre 1788) Latin for caterpillar, presumably referring to “Chenille” or “Chenille de mer” (Sea Caterpillar), local names for this shark along the Atlantic Coast of France (type locality) in the 18th century

Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann 1928 in honor of the “distinguished conchologist” Charles Montague Cook, Jr. (1874–1948), Bishop Museum (Honolulu), for his “helpful assistance” with Pietschmann’s work (per Pietschmann 1930)