The first scientific description of the banded houndshark was authored by German biologists Johannes Peter Müller and Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, based on a dried specimen from Japan, in their 1838–41 Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen.
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Because fishing does not appear to have diminished this shark's population, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed it under Least Concern.
Banded Stilt | Double-banded Plover | Chinese high fin banded shark | Banded Wattle-eye | Banded krait |