lineatus, Halaelurus Bass [A. J.], D'Aubrey [J. D.] & Kistnasamy [N.] 1975:12, Figs. 8, 20E [Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban No. 37; ref. 7409] Shore at Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 6148 [ex ORI 2935]. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 6161 [ex ORI 2614] (1, hatched from egg case), 6162 [ex ORI 2619] (1, hatched from egg case), 6147 [ex ORI 2936] (1). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Halaelurus lineatus Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy 1975 -- (Compagno 1984:327 [ref. 6846], Bass 1986:90 [ref. 5635], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:222 [ref. 36138], Compagno 1999:480 [ref. 25589], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:66 [ref. 28072], White et al. 2007:19 [ref. 29295], Akhilesh et al. 2011:42 [ref. 31200], Weigmann 2016:40 [ref. 34211], Ebert et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38234], Human & Ebert 2022:479 [ref. 39666]). Current status: Valid as Halaelurus lineatus Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy 1975. Pentanchidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape (South Africa) north to Beira (Mozambique). Habitat: marine.