albicauda, Scymnodalatias Taniuchi [T.] & Garrick [J. A. F.] 1986:120, Figs. 1-2 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 33 (no. 2); ref. 5721] South Indian Ocean, 45°S, 92°E, depth 150-200 meters. Holotype: FUMT-P 197. Paratypes: NMNZ 9511 (1). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:6 [ref. 18942]. •Valid as Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick 1986 -- (Kukuev & Konovalenko 1988:319 [ref. 9290], Paulin et al. 1989:15 [ref. 24556], Last & Stevens 1994:88 [ref. 23873], Nakaya & Nakano 1995:325 [ref. 22835], Compagno 1999:474 [ref. 25589], Hoese & Gates 2006:147 [ref. 28997], Kukuev 2006:813 [ref. 31008], Stewart & Last 2015:156 [ref. 34225], Weigmann 2016:63 [ref. 34211], Ebert et al. 2021:32 [ref. 38234] with wuestion). Current status: Valid as Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick 1986. Somniosidae. Distribution: Southern Atlantic; southeastern Indian Ocean: South Africa; southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.