brevipinna, Carcharias (Aprion) Valenciennes [A.] in Müller & Henle 1839:31, [Pl. 9] [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH D2525 (mounted skin). •Valid as Aprionodon brevipinna (Müller & Henle 1839) -- (Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:223 [ref. 36138] dated 1841). •Valid as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Valenciennes 1839) (often seen as Müller & Henle 1839) -- (Compagno 1973:23 [ref. 7163], Garrick 1982:41 [ref. 5454], Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:54 [ref. 14275], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:104 [ref. 13675], Dor 1984:5 [ref. 29757], Compagno 1984:466 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:6 [ref. 6441], Bass et al. 1986:71 [ref. 5638], Robins & Ray 1986:27 [ref. 23100], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Allen & Swainston 1988:22 [ref. 25477], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:223 [ref. 36138], Paxton et al. 1989:76 [ref. 12442], Springer 1990:103 [ref. 19320], Randall et al. 1990:19 [ref. 15987], Boschung 1992:20 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:170 [ref. 23827], Last & Stevens 1994:237 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:2 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:30 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:42 [ref. 23977], Arruda 1997:17 [ref. 24952], Randall et al. 1997:19 [ref. 25919], Compagno & Niem 1998:1332 [ref. 23787], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:76 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:19 [ref. 24106], Morón et al. 1999:146 [ref. 24253], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:55 [ref. 24490], Johnson 1999:719 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:483 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:138 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:579 [ref. 25122], Grace 2001:23 [ref. 25694], Hutchins 2001:14 [ref. 25847], Soto 2001:64, 76 [ref. 26637], Nakabo 2002:138 [ref. 26001], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:14 [ref. 26753] dated 1841, Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:23 [ref. 27192], Compagno 2003:478 [ref. 26984], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S92 [ref. 27377], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:51 [ref. 27705] dated to 1841, Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:28 [ref. 27735], Nelson et al. 2004:53 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:58 [ref. 28072], Compagno et al. 2005:36 [ref. 29145], Golani 2005:10 [ref. 37112], Hoese et al. 2006:99 [ref. 29001], Fricke et al. 2007:14 [ref. 29533], White 2008:67 [ref. 30617], Fricke et al. 2009:9 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:345 [ref. 31242], Voigt & Weber 2011:53 [ref. 31424], Castro 2011:407 [ref. 31457], Moore et al. 2012:8 [ref. 31771], White 2012:3 [ref. 31843], Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32972], Larson et al. 2013:8 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:330 [ref. 33045], Psomadakis et al. 2015:80 [ref. 34104], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:90 [ref. 34398] with authors as Müller & Henle, Weigmann 2016:19 [ref. 34211] with authors as Müller & Henle, Compagno 2016:1301 [ref. 34544] with authors as Müller & Henle, Koeda et al. 2016:4 [ref. 35333] with author as Müller & Henle, Nión et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35565] with author as Müller & Henle, White et al. 2017:136 [ref. 35860], Ali et al. 2018:301 [ref. 36183], Ehemann et al. 2018:21 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:13 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:10 [ref. 36273], Kumar et al. 2018:296 [ref. 36178], Spier et al. 2018:4 [ref. 36103], White & Ko'ou 2018:33 [ref. 35922], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:86 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:25 [ref. 37250], Eagderi et al. 2019:4 [ref. 37020], Ehemann et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36861], Hoschke et al. 2019:153[ref. 36626], Nakaya in Koeda & Ho 2019:32 [ref. 42208], Reiner 2019:31 [ref. 38139], Zajonz et al. 2019:59 [ref. 36871], Kabasakal 2020:87 [ref. 37952], Psomadakis et al. 2020:175 [ref. 37272], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Sonoyama et al. 2020:10 [ref. 37637], Ebert et al. 2021:62 [ref. 38234], Giovos et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38895], Golani 2021:7 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:9 [ref. 39014], Barone et al. 2022:18 [ref. 39527], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 3 [ref. 38986], Fermon et al. 2022:95 [ref. 39448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:17 [ref. 41223], Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567], Moazzam & Osmany 2022:205 [ref. 40666], Nakashimada & Hibino 2022:15 [ref. 39159], Winton & Ebert 2022:518 [ref. 39667], Zajonz et al. 2022:9 [ref. 40522], Bagley et al. 2023:311 [ref. 41241], Carvalho-Filho 2023:303 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40505], Shakman et al. 2023:463 [ref. 40810], Fricke et al. 2024:70 [ref. 41622], Gadig et al. 2024:39 [ref. 40775], Teramura et al. 2024:2 [ref. 41850], Kai & Gosho 2025:14 [ref. 42505]). Current status: Valid as Carcharhinus brevipinna (Valenciennes 1839). Carcharhinidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through warm temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, South China Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan, Timor Sea), but not in the eastern Pacific. IUCN (2020): Vulnerable. Habitat: marine.