hesperius, Scyliorhinus Springer [S.] 1966:603, Figs. 7d, 9a, 15b, 27d [United States Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Bulletin v. 65 (no. 3) (for 1965); ref. 4174] Eastern coast of Panama, 9°03'N, 81°22'W, Oregon station 3598, Caribbean Sea, depth 360-400 meters. Holotype: USNM 187732. Additional material: (12) USNM. Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:7 [ref. 21812]. •Valid as Scyliorhinus hesperius Springer 1966 -- (Compagno 1984:363 [ref. 6846], Shirai et al. 1992:13 [ref. 19241], Cervigón 1992:185 [ref. 23827], Compagno 1999:480 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:454 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:22 [ref. 27192], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:36 [ref. 27705], Castro 2011:338 [ref. 31457], Soares et al. 2015:358 [ref. 33716], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:83 [ref. 34398], Soares et al. 2016:533 [ref. 34158], Weigmann 2016:43 [ref. 34211], Hacohen-Domené et al. 2016:1 [ref. 35107], Ehemann et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36861], Soares & Carvalho 2019:70 [ref. 36701], Soares & Carvalho 2020:379 [ref. 37593], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 3 [ref. 38986], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Scyliorhinus hesperius Springer 1966. Scyliorhinidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea from Mexico and Guatemala south to Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: marine.