cauta, Galeolamna greyi Whitley [G. P.] 1945:2, Fig. 2 [Australian Zoologist v. 11 (pt 1); ref. 4707] Herald Bight, Shark Bay, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.1622 (teeth and skin). •Valid as Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley 1945) -- (Garrick 1982:102 [ref. 5454], Compagno 1984:468 [ref. 6474], Paxton et al. 1989:77 [ref. 12442], Last & Stevens 1994:238 [ref. 23873], Larson & Williams 1997:343 [ref. 23967], Compagno & Niem 1998:1333 [ref. 23787], Compagno 1999:483 [ref. 25589], Hutchins 2001:14 [ref. 25847], Hoese et al. 2006:100 [ref. 29001], Voigt & Weber 2011:56 [ref. 31424], White 2012:3 [ref. 31843], Larson et al. 2013:9 [ref. 32988], Weigmann 2016:19 [ref. 34211], White et al. 2017:138 [ref. 35860], White & Ko'ou 2018:33 [ref. 35922]). Current status: Valid as Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley 1945). Carcharhinidae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific: Papua New Guinea, northern and western Australia, Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.
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