dawsoni, Halaelurus Springer [S.] 1971:236, Fig. 1 [Records of the Dominion Museum (Wellington) v. 7 (no. 18); ref. 7706] West of South Island, New Zealand, 44°32.5'S, 166°41'E, southwestern Pacific, depth 389-420 meters. Holotype: NMNZ P.5188.1. Paratypes: NMNZ P.5523 (5); USNM 205537 (1), 206096 (1); NZOI F89, P. 187 (1). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:6 [ref. 18942], Howe & Springer 1993:6 [ref. 21812]. •Valid as Halaelurus dawsoni Springer 1971 -- (Compagno 1984:324 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Amaoka et al. 1990:61 [ref. 16024], Compagno 1999:479 [ref. 25589]). •Valid as Bythaelurus dawsoni (Springer 1971) -- (White et al. 2007:1 [ref. 29295], Last & Stevens 2008:123 [ref. 29681], McCosker et al. 2012:58 [ref. 31823], Ebert & Clerkin 2015:54 [ref. 33848], Kaschner et al. 2015:136 [ref. 33953], Nakaya et al. 2015:85 [ref. 34218], Weigmann 2016:35 [ref. 34211], Weigmann et al. 2016:428 [ref. 34984], Weigmann & Kaschner 2017:116 [ref. 35311], Weigmann et al. 2018:36 [ref. 36365]). Current status: Valid as Bythaelurus dawsoni (Springer 1971). Pentanchidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: New Zealand. Habitat: marine.