japonicus, Squalus Ishikawa [C.] 1908:71 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 60; ref. 14322] Sagami Bay via Tokyo market; Kagoshima, Japan. Syntypes: (3) whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Squalus japonicus Ishikawa 1908 -- (Compagno 1984:117 [ref. 6474], Nakaya in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:51, 300 [ref. 8057], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:10 [ref. 6441], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:52 [ref. 27969], Compagno & Niem 1998:1229 [ref. 23787], Compagno 1999:472 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:155 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:581 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:289 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:155 [ref. 26001], Youn 2002:60, 478 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:396 [ref. 28370], Last et al. 2007:83 [ref. 29131], White et al. 2007:107 [ref. 29133], White & Iglésias 2011:11 [ref. 31482], Yamashita et al. 2012:127 [ref. 32408]). Current status: Valid as Squalus japonicus Ishikawa 1908. Squalidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.