pectoralis, Hemigaleus Garman [S.] 1906:203 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 46 (no. 11); ref. 1542] Western Atlantic (locality in error). Holotype (unique): MCZ 847-S. Type catalog: Hartel & Dingerkus 1997:xxxix [ref. 23119]. •Valid as Paragaleus pectoralis (Garman 1906) -- (Compagno 1973:29 [ref. 7163], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:116 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:442 [ref. 6846], Bass et al. 1986:84 [ref. 5638], Springer 1990:100 [ref. 19320], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:77 [ref. 25472], Compagno et al. 1996:391 [ref. 23174], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Wirtz et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32972], White & Harris 2013:183 [ref. 33038], Weigmann 2016:27 [ref. 34211], Compagno 2016:1284 [ref. 34544], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:78 [ref. 37302], Reiner 2019:30 [ref. 38139], Fermon et al. 2022:94 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Paragaleus pectoralis (Garman 1906). Hemigaleidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Western Sahara south to Angola, including Cape Verde Islands and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.