pictum, Scyllium Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1838:4 [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Syntypes: (several) BMNH (6, dry, not found); ?NMW 78529 (2), RMNH 4161-4164 (2 dry, 1, 1, 1). See van Oijen 2001:294 [ref. 26400] for type information. •Valid as Haploblepharus pictus (Müller & Henle 1838) -- (Compagno 1984:335 [ref. 6846], Bass 1986:92 [ref. 5635], Springer 1990:92 [ref. 19319], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:75 [ref. 25472], Compagno 1999:480 [ref. 25589], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:67 [ref. 28072], Human & Compagno 2006:41 [ref. 28823], Human 2007:14 [ref. 29330], Weigmann 2016:41 [ref. 34211], Compagno 2016:1266 [ref. 34544], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:72 [ref. 37302], Ebert et al. 2021:50 [ref. 38234], Human & Ebert 2022:482 [ref. 39666], Leeney 2024:51 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Haploblepharus pictus (Müller & Henle 1838). Pentanchidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then to Storms River mouth, Eastern Cape (South Africa). Habitat: marine.