spinosus, Squalus Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1500 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] No locality stated (is Atlantic). No types known. Based on the 'Bouclé' of Broussonet 1780:672 [ref. 20282]. Description independent of Squalus brucus Bonnaterre 1788. •Synonym of Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre 1788) -- (Krefft & Tortonese 1973:45 [ref. 7165], McEachran & Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:138 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:26 [ref. 6474], Springer 1990:6 [ref. 19315], Hoese et al. 2006:139 [ref. 28999], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:11 [ref. 36649], Castro 2011:44 [ref. 31457], Ebert et al. 2021:20 [ref. 38234], Bañón & Mano 2022:3 [ref. 40121]). Current status: Synonym of Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre 1788). Echinorhinidae. Habitat: marine.