acronotus, Squalus Poey [F.] 1860:335, Pl. 19 (figs. 3-4) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Holotype (unique): lost. Type catalog: Gutiérrez de los Reyes et al. 2015:45 [ref. 36079]. Dates to text in July 1860; as Prionodon acronotus on plate [plate published in 1861]. •Valid as Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey 1860) -- (Garrick 1982:65 [ref. 5454], Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:53 [ref. 14275], Compagno 1984:454 [ref. 6846], Robins & Ray 1986:24 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:20 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:169 [ref. 23827], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:74 [ref. 23897], Carlson et al. 1999:684 [ref. 23913], Aguilera 1998:45 [ref. 24221], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:51 [ref. 24490], Compagno 1999:483 [ref. 25589], Grace 2001:20 [ref. 25694], Camargo & Isaac 2001:139 [ref. 27639] dated 1861, Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:146 [ref. 27754], Soto 2001:64, 75 [ref. 26637], Compagno 2003:475 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:22 [ref. 27192], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:48 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:53 [ref. 27807], Voigt & Weber 2011:37 [ref. 31424], Castro 2011:393 [ref. 31457], Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:19 [ref. 33341], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:88 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:17 [ref. 34211], Nión et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35565], Ehemann et al. 2018:21 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36861], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 3 [ref. 38986], Carvalho-Filho 2023:304 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Carcharhinus acronotus (Poey 1860). Carcharhinidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.