japonicus, Squalus Ishikawa [C.] 1908:71 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 60; ref. 14322] Senoumi Bank, Suruga Bay, Honshu, Japan, 34°43'N, 138.33°E, depth 270-300 meters [Sagami Bay via Tokyo market; Kagoshima, Japan]. Neotype: NSMT-P 44380. Original syntypes (3) lost. Neotype designated by Viana & Carvalho 2020:287 [ref. 37573]. •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], Choi et al. 2003:60, 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], Ebert et al. 2013:286 [ref. 33045], Shinohara et al. 2014:233 [ref. 33330], Motomura et al. 2015:12 [ref. 34709], Weigmann 2016:67 [ref. 34211], Viana et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34525], Viana & Carvalho 2018:173 [ref. 35959], Viana & Carvalho 2018:619 [ref. 36320], Daly-Engel et al. 2018:151 [ref. 36326], Misawa et al. 2020:268 [ref. 38138], Viana & Carvalho 2020:287 [ref. 37573], Aikake et al. 2021:42 [ref. 38441], Kim et al. 2021:40 [ref. 39117]). Current status: Valid as Squalus japonicus Ishikawa 1908. Squalidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan and China north to Korea and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.