spallanzani, Squalus Péron [F.] & Lesueur [C. A.] in Lesueur 1822:351 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 2; ref. 17519] Terre de Witt, northwestern Australia. No types known. Authorship given as above; Péron's contribution indeterminable. •Valid as Carcharhinus spallanzani (Péron & Lesueur 1822) -- (Dor 1984:7 [ref. 29757]). •Description regarded as inadequate and taxa not recognized, placed in the synonymy of Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes or Müller & Henle 1839) -- (Garrick 1982:165 [ref. 5454], Compagno 1984:500 [ref. 6846], Paxton et al. 1989:79 [ref. 12442], Goren & Dor 1994:3 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:33 [ref. 22896], Randall 2005:12 [ref. 28239]). •Synonym of Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle 1839) -- (Randall 2007:34 [ref. 30952] with author as Valenciennes, Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:57 [ref. 35264], Voigt & Weber 2011:97 [ref. 31424], Ali et al. 2018:301 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:11 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:5 [ref. 37020]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes 1839). Carcharhinidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.