buergeri, Scyllium Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1838:8, [Pl. 2] [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D2593 (dry). Paralectotypes: RMNH D2585 (1, dry). Species originally spelled as Bürgeri, change mandatory. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:214 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Halaelurus buergeri (Müller & Henle 1838) -- (Compagno 1984:322 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:4 [ref. 6441], Compagno & Niem 1998:1285 [ref. 23787], Compagno 1999:480 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:129 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:579 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:287 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:129 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:51, 470 [ref. 26218], Compagno et al. 2005:26 [ref. 29145] as cf. buergeri, White et al. 2007:19 [ref. 29295], Akhilesh et al. 2011:42 [ref. 31200], Yamashita et al. 2012:122 [ref. 32408], Naylor et al. 2012:44 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Ebert et al. 2013:319 [ref. 33045], Shinohara et al. 2014:232 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:21 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:49 [ref. 34524], Weigmann 2016:40 [ref. 34211], Motomura et al. 2017:20 [ref. 35490], Sonoyama et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Halaelurus buergeri (Müller & Henle 1838). Pentanchidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Borneo, Philippines, China and Taiwan north to Japan. Habitat: marine.