africana, Squalus acanthias Myagkov [N. A.] & Kondyurin [V. V.] 1986:564 [5] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 26 (no. 4); ref. 8063] Southeastern Atlantic, Wolffish Bay region, 28°S, 17°E. Holotype: ZMMU P-15990 (embryo). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:12 [ref. 25714]. On p. 5 of English translation. •Synonym of Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subspecies africana -- (Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:224 [ref. 36138]). •Synonym of Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758 -- (Compagno et al. 1991:66 [ref. 21083], Dyldin 2015:57 [ref. 34524]). •Possible valid as Squalus africana Myagkov & Kondyurin 1986 -- (Ebert et al. 2010:23 [ref. 30955]). Current status: Synonym of Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758. Squalidae. Distribution: Southern Africa. Habitat: marine.