rancureli, Squalus Fourmanoir [P.] 1979:11, Fig. [Nature calédonienne v. 16; ref. 35960] Vate, Vanuatu, 17°30'00"S, 167°30'00"E. Holotype: MNHN-IC-1978-0693. Paratypes: MNHN-IC-1987-1203-4 [ex ORSTOM-Nouméa] (2). Also described in Fourmanoir & Rivaton 1979:437 [ref. 8833] Figs. 25-26, with subsequent type designation. Last et al. 2007:83 [ref. 29131] list distribution as New Caledonia. •Valid as Squalus rancureli Fourmanoir & Rivaton 1979 -- (Compagno 1984:122 [ref. 6474], Compagno & Niem 1998:1231 [ref. 23787], Compagno 1999:472 [ref. 25589], Baranes 2003:42 [ref. 27888] as rancurelli, Compagno et al. 2005:51 [ref. 29145], Last et al. 2007:23 [ref. 29126], Last et al. 2007:83 [ref. 29131], White et al. 2007:113 [ref. 29134], Fricke et al. 2011:346 [ref. 31242], Weigmann 2016:68 [ref. 34211], Viana et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34525]). •Synonym of Squalus melanurus Fourmanoir 1979 -- (Viana & Carvalho 2018:162 [ref. 35959]). Current status: Synonym of Squalus melanurus Fourmanoir 1979. Squalidae. Habitat: marine.