probatovi, Squalus Myagkov [N. A.] & Kondyurin [V. V.] 1986:567 [10] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 26 (no. 4); ref. 8063] Off Cunene [Kunene] River, Angola, southeastern Attlantic. Holotype (unique): ZMMU P-15991 (embryo). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:13 [ref. 25714]. On p. 10 of English translation. •Questionably a synonym of Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) -- (Compagno et al. 1991:68 [ref. 21083]). •Questionably valid as Squalus probatovi Myagkov & Kondyurin 1986 -- (Compagno 1999:472 [ref. 25589]). •Synonym of Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) -- (Vasil'eva et al. 2001:13 [ref. 25714], Weigmann 2016:68 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Squalus probatovi Myagkov & Kondyurin 1986 -- (Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:224 [ref. 36138] with authors as Kondyurin & Myagkov 1984, Viana & Carvalho 2018:619 [ref. 36320], Fricke et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40338]). Current status: Valid as Squalus probatovi Myagkov & Kondyurin 1986. Squalidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola; southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa and Mozambique to Madagascar. Habitat: marine.