riveri, Apristurus Bigelow [H. B.] & Schroeder [W. C.] 1944:23, Pl. 7 [Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club v. 23; ref. 13163] North coast of Cuba, 23°24'N, 80°44'W, depth 580 fathoms. Holotype (unique): MCZ 36092. Type catalog: Gutiérrez de los Reyes et al. 2015:43 [ref. 36079]. •Valid as Apristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder 1944 -- (Compagno 1984:280 [ref. 6846], Nakaya & Sato 1998:155 [ref. 23477], Cervigón 1992:183 [ref. 23827], Nakaya & Stehmann 1998:78 [ref. 23495], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:64 [ref. 23897], Nakaya & Sato 1999:316 [ref. 23941], Nakaya & Séret 1999:307 [ref. 24247], Compagno 1999:478 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:451 [ref. 26984], Kiraly et al. 2003:14 [ref. 28226], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:30 [ref. 27705], Iglésias et al. 2004:355 [ref. 28061], Castro 2011:314 [ref. 31457], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:80 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:33 [ref. 34211], Ehemann et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36861], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:65 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Apristurus riveri Bigelow & Schroeder 1944. Pentanchidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (U.SW.A.) south to Trinidad and Tobago, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.