arae, Pristiurus Nichols [J. T.] 1927:1, Fig. 1 [American Museum Novitates No. 256; ref. 15804] Off Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A., depth 200 fathoms. Holotype: AMNH 8677. Paratypes: (1) not at VMM. •Valid as Galeus arae (Nichols 1927) -- (Compagno 1984:308 [ref. 6846], Robins & Ray 1986:22 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1992:184 [ref. 23827], Compagno & Stevens 1993:187 [ref. 20843], Konstantinou & Cozzi 1998:151 [ref. 23301], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:65 [ref. 23897], Compagno 1999:479 [ref. 25589], Soto 2001:18 [ref. 26632], Compagno 2003:452 [ref. 26984], Kiraly et al. 2003:15 [ref. 28226], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:33 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:52 [ref. 27807], Castro 2011:323 [ref. 31457], Page et al. 2013:50 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:80 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:39 [ref. 34211], Ehemann et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36194], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 3 [ref. 38986], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:66 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Galeus arae (Nichols 1927). Pentanchidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Costa Rica, including Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.