nipponensis, Galeus Nakaya [K.] 1975:51, Figs. 26-28 [Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries Hokkaido University v. 23 (no. 1); ref. 7083] Mimase, off Kochi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Holotype: HUMZ 40012. Paratypes: HUMZ 39963 (1), 39968 (1), 39971-72 (1, 1), 39975 (1), 40000 (1), 40002 (1), 40004 (1), 40008 (1), 40011 (1), 40016 (1). Additional material: HUMZ 39367-68 (1, 1), 39372 (1), 39388 (1), 39960 (1), 39965-66 (1, 1), 39976-77 (1, 1), 39986 (1), 42410-11 (1, 1). •Valid as Galeus nipponensis Nakaya 1975 -- (Nakaya in Okamura et al. 1982:43, 309 [ref. 8256], Compagno 1984:314 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:4 [ref. 6441], Okamura & Machida 1986:19 [ref. 22278], Tachikawa & Taniuchi 1987:358 [ref. 6712], Compagno & Stevens 1993:185 [ref. 20843], Compagno 1999:479 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:128 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:287 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:128 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:393 [ref. 28370], Compagno et al. 2005:26 [ref. 29145] with remarks, Séret & Last 2008:27 [ref. 29702], Ebert et al. 2013:318 [ref. 33045], Weigmann 2016:39 [ref. 34211], White et al. 2016:262 [ref. 34956], Ebert & Jang 2022:52 [ref. 39795]). Current status: Valid as Galeus nipponensis Nakaya 1975. Pentanchidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.