American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan described the goblin shark in an 1898 issue of Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, recognizing the peculiar fish not only as a new species, but also a new genus and family.
Ichthyologist Amerika David Starr Jordan menggambarkan hiu goblin tahun 1898 dalam edisi Prosiding California Academy of Sciences, mengakui ikan aneh tidak hanya sebagai spesies baru, tetapi juga genus dan keluarga baru.