elegans, Carcharias Ehrenberg [C. G.] in Klunzinger 1871:658 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 21; ref. 2622] Red Sea. Type catalog: Paepke & Schmidt 1988:164-165 [ref. 21041] dated to 1899 with syntypes ZMB 4470, 4473 and 7813. Apparently not available; appeared first as above as name in synonymy, then as a name in synonymy in Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1899:Pl. 4 (fig. 2a, b, e, d) [ref. 4977]. •In the synonymy of Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Dor 1984:6 [ref. 29757], Compagno 1984:487 [ref. 6474], Voigt & Weber 2011:82 [ref. 31424], Kottelat 2013:21 [ref. 32989]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Carcharhinidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.