wheeleri, Carcharhinus Garrick [J. A. F.] 1982:111, Figs. 50-51 [NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Technical Report NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) Circular No. 445; ref. 5454] Red Sea. Holotype: USNM 197418. Paratypes: BMNH 1925.7.20.7-8 (2); ISZZ 10687 (1); MNHN 0000-8001 (1); MSNG 34564 (1); NMW 61-431 (1), 61.441 (3), 61-446 (1), 61-448 (3), uncat. (1); SMF 4363 (dry, mounted skin) (1); USNM 197675 (1). •Synonym of Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker 1856) -- (Randall 1995:29 [ref. 22896], Compagno & Niem 1998:1328 [ref. 23787] with question, Fricke 1999:21 [ref. 24106], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:26 [ref. 27735], Randall 2005:9 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:29 [ref. 30952], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:57 [ref. 35264], Moore et al. 2012:7 [ref. 31771]). •Status needs study -- (White 2012:3 [ref. 31843]). •Valid as Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick 1982 -- (Compagno 1984:501 [ref. 6846], Bass et al. 1986:77 [ref. 5638], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:224 [ref. 36138], Winterbottom et al. 1989:4 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:3 [ref. 25356], Voigt & Weber 2011:101 [ref. 31424], Naylor et al. 2012:20 [ref. 32267], Fricke et al. 2018:15 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:11 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Uncertain as Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick 1982. Carcharhinidae. Distribution: Red Sea [on 34345] and western Indian Ocean [if valid]. Habitat: marine.