leiodon, Carcharhinus Garrick [J. A. F.] 1985:11, Figs. 7-8 [NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Technical Report NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) No. 34; ref. 5654] Gulf of Aden, probably at Qishn (Yemen). Holotype (unique): NMW 61465. •Valid as Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick 1985 -- (Compagno 1999:483 [ref. 25589], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S92 [ref. 27377], Henderson & Reeve 2011:172 [ref. 38995], Voigt & Weber 2011:70 [ref. 31424], Moore et al. 2012:7 [ref. 31771], White 2012:3 [ref. 31843], Weigmann 2016:21 [ref. 34211], Eagderi et al. 2019:4 [ref. 37020], Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567], Winton & Ebert 2022:522 [ref. 39667]). Current status: Valid as Carcharhinus leiodon Garrick 1985. Carcharhinidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden east to southern Oman, north to Persian Gulf. Habitat: marine.