lutarius, Halaelurus Springer [S.] & D'Aubrey [J. D.] 1972:6, Figs. 1A [Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban No. 29; ref. 17325] Off Delagoa Bay, Mozambique basin, 25°32'S, 33°24'E, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, Anton Bruun cruise 8, station 396B, depth 450-455 meters. Holotype: USNM 205135. Paratypes: USNM 221660 (16). Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:9 [ref. 21812]. •Valid as Halaelurus lutarius Springer & D'Aubrey 1972 -- (Compagno 1984:329 [ref. 6846], Bass 1986:90 [ref. 5635], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:222 [ref. 36138], Compagno 1999:479 [ref. 25589], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S91 [ref. 27377]). •Valid as Bythaelurus lutarius (Springer & D'Aubrey 1972) -- (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], Weigmann 2016:36 [ref. 34211], Weigmann et al. 2016:428 [ref. 34984], Weigmann & Kaschner 2017:116 [ref. 35311], Weigmann et al. 2018:38 [ref. 36365], Human & Ebert 2022:477 [ref. 39666]). Current status: Valid as Bythaelurus lutarius (Springer & D'Aubrey 1972). Pentanchidae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Mozambique north to Somalia and southern Oman, including Socotra (Yemen). Habitat: marine.