punctulatus, Mustellus Risso [A.] 1827:128 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Correct spelling of original genus is Mustelus. •Valid as Mustelus punctulatus Risso 1827 -- (Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:121 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:423 [ref. 6846], Springer 1990:98 [ref. 19320], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:14 [ref. 26753] dated 1826, Fricke et al. 2007:13 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:8 [ref. 36649], Compagno 2016:1282 [ref. 34544], Biscoito et al. 2018:487 [ref. 37562], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:77 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:24 [ref. 37250], Kabasakal 2020:84 [ref. 37952], Kovačić et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Giovos et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38895], Kovačić et al. 2021:11 [ref. 39014], Barone et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39527], Balàka et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40410], Shakman et al. 2023:463 [ref. 40810]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus punctulatus Risso 1827. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Western Sahara, including Canary Islands. Not in Madeira and Selvagens Islands. Habitat: marine.