cirratus, Squalus Bonnaterre [J. P.] (ex Broussonet) 1788:7 [Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie; ref. 4940] Jamaica, Caribbean Sea, western Atlantic. Syntype: MNHN A-7654 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1969:127 [ref. 20807]. Based on 'Le Barbillon' of Broussonet 1780:656 [ref. 20282]. •Valid as Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Herrera 1896:8 [ref. 39336] as cirrhatum, Springer 1973:18 [ref. 7162], Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:47 [ref. 14275], Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:93 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:205 [ref. 6474], Robins & Ray 1986:21 [ref. 23100], Springer 1990:79 [ref. 19315], Boschung 1992:19 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:182 [ref. 23827], Allen & Robertson 1994:19 [ref. 22193], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:691 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:32 [ref. 24545], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:45 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:45 [ref. 24221], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:35 [ref. 24555], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:27 [ref. 24490], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:42 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:109 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:68 [ref. 25466], Compagno 1999:477 [ref. 25589], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:146 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1643 [ref. 25634], Rocha & Rosa 2001:989 [ref. 25909], Goto 2001:83 [ref. 25912], Compagno 2001:192 [ref. 26323], Soto 2001:63, 67 [ref. 26637], Camargo & Isaac 2001:141 [ref. 27639], Compagno 2003:440 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:5 [ref. 27621] with date as 1878, Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:51 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:4 [ref. 37547], Wirtz et al. 2007:23 [ref. 30263], Castro 2011:184 [ref. 31457], Allen & Erdmann 2012:51 [ref. 31980], Naylor et al. 2012:54 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Page et al. 2013:49 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:114 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:19 [ref. 33341], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2015:48 [ref. 33729], Pinheiro et al. 2015:2 [ref. 34324], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:70 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:7 [ref. 34211], Compagno 2016:1251 [ref. 34544], Ehemann et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36194], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:53 [ref. 37302], Ehemann et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36861], Reiner 2019:26 [ref. 38139], Robertson et al. 2020:154 [ref. 38098], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:73 [ref. 38844], Bañón & Mano 2022:7 [ref. 40121], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:74 [ref. 39585], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 3 [ref. 38986], Fermon et al. 2022:91 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:296 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:37 [ref. 40505], Gadig et al. 2024:17 [ref. 40775]). Current status: Valid as Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre 1788). Ginglymostomatidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Rhode Island (U.S.A.) south to Paraná (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: France south to Gabon, including Cape Verde Islands and São Tomé and Principe. IUCN (2021): Vulnerable. Habitat: marine.