longimanus, Squalus Poey [F.] 1861:338, Pl. 19 (figs. 9-10) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba, western Atlantic. Holotype (unique): lost. Type catalog: Gutiérrez de los Reyes et al. 2015:45 [ref. 36079]. As Prionodon longimanus on plate. On Official List (Opinion 723). Authors point out that Squalus (Carcharias) maou Lesson 1830 probably is the same as this species. •Valid as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey 1861) -- (Compagno 1973:24 [ref. 7163], Garrick 1982:150 [ref. 5454], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:39 [ref. 9277], Compagno 1984:484 [ref. 6846], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:107 [ref. 13675], Dor 1984:6 [ref. 29757], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:6 [ref. 6441], Bass et al. 1986:74 [ref. 5638], Robins & Ray 1986:26 [ref. 23100], Allen & Swainston 1988:22 [ref. 25477], Scott & Scott 1988:24 [ref. 25518], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:224 [ref. 36138], Paxton et al. 1989:78 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990:32 [ref. 14674], Springer 1990:106 [ref. 19320], Randall et al. 1990:20 [ref. 15987], Boschung 1992:21 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:173 [ref. 23827], Allen & Robertson 1994:22 [ref. 22193], Gomon et al. 1994:122 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:247 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:2 [ref. 25356], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:677 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:32 [ref. 22896], Santos et al. 1997:8 [ref. 23531], Allen 1997:42 [ref. 23977], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:28 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:81 [ref. 24023], Arruda 1997:18 [ref. 24952], Randall et al. 1997:20 [ref. 25919], Compagno & Niem 1998:1341 [ref. 23787], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:81 [ref. 23897], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:53 [ref. 24555], Myers 1999:34 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:20 [ref. 24106], Francis et al. 1999:574 [ref. 24249], Morón et al. 1999:147 [ref. 24253], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:115 [ref. 25013], Lessa et al. 1999:353 [ref. 25267], Compagno 1999:483 [ref. 25589], Allen 2000:83 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:137 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:580 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:92 [ref. 25191], Grace 2001:18 [ref. 25694], Hutchins 2001:14 [ref. 25847], Soto 2001:64, 79 [ref. 26637], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:173 [ref. 26753], Nakabo 2002:137 [ref. 26001], Compagno 2003:484 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:23 [ref. 27192], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S92 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:609 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:5 [ref. 27624], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:56 [ref. 27705], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:33 [ref. 27735], Nelson et al. 2004:53 [ref. 27807], Compagno et al. 2005:39 [ref. 29145], Love et al. 2005:8 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:90 [ref. 28379], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Hoese et al. 2006:101 [ref. 29001], Randall 2007:30 [ref. 30952], White 2008:69 [ref. 30617], Fricke et al. 2009:9 [ref. 30213], George 2009:34 [ref. 30539], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:187 [ref. 30957], Fricke et al. 2011:345 [ref. 31242], Voigt & Weber 2011:77 [ref. 31424], Castro 2011:438 [ref. 31457], Psomadakis et al. 2012:14 [ref. 33457], White 2012:3 [ref. 31843], Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32972], Larson et al. 2013:10 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:332 [ref. 33045], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:20 [ref. 33341], Duffy 2015:102 [ref. 34217], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:107 [ref. 36167], Pinheiro et al. 2015:3 [ref. 34324], Psomadakis et al. 2015:82 [ref. 34104], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:93 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:22 [ref. 34211], Compagno 2016:1311 [ref. 34544], Fourriére et al. 2016:453 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:605 [ref. 34923], Nión et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35565], Kells et al. 2016:70 [ref. 35888], Ebert et al. 2017:56 [ref. 35618], White et al. 2017:150 [ref. 35860], Biscoito et al. 2018:467 [ref. 37562], Ehemann et al. 2018:21 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:14 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:11 [ref. 36273], Kumar et al. 2018:296 [ref. 36178], White & Ko'ou 2018:35 [ref. 35922], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:80 [ref. 37302], Brown et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:26 [ref. 37250], Ehemann et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 36861], Fricke et al. 2019:40 [ref. 36673], Reiner 2019:34 [ref. 38139], Zajonz et al. 2019:59 [ref. 36871], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:243 [ref. 37881], Psomadakis et al. 2020:176 [ref. 37272], Bessudo et al. 2021:[3] 1771 [ref. 39107], Ebert et al. 2021:64 [ref. 38234], González-Acosta et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:18 [ref. 39279], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 3 [ref. 38986], Fermon et al. 2022:96 [ref. 39448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:19 [ref. 41223], Grove et al. 2022:15 [ref. 41326], Winton & Ebert 2022:525 [ref. 39667], Zajonz et al. 2022:12 [ref. 40522], Carvalho-Filho 2023:306 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:72 [ref. 41622], Gadig et al. 2024:45 [ref. 40775]). Current status: Valid as Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey 1861). Carcharhinidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of California/Mexico), straying into temperate waters including North Sea. Habitat: marine.