Ọ bụ onye na-ahụ maka ihe okike René-Primevère Lesson kọwara ya na 1831, onye aha ya bụ Carcharhinus maou. Onye ọzọ kọwara ya bụ Felipe Poey nke Cuba na 1861 dị ka Squalus longimanus. A na-ejikwa aha Pterolamiops longimanus mee ihe. Ụdị epithet longimanus na-ezo aka n'ogo nke nku ya (longimanus na-asụgharị site na Latin dị ka "ogologo aka").
Felipe Poey