americanus, Acanthias Storer [D. H.] 1846:506 [Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (new series) v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 18840] New York to beyond Labrador. Syntypes: (several) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758 -- (Krefft & Tortonese 1973:37 [ref. 7165], Compagno 1984:111 [ref. 6474], Lloris & Rucabado 1991:27 [ref. 22530], White et al. 2007:113 [ref. 29134], Dyldin 2015:57 [ref. 34524], Viana et al. 2016:9 [ref. 34525]). Current status: Synonym of Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758. Squalidae. Habitat: marine.