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Species in the genus Mustelus: [ 51 ] records


abbotti, Mustelus Evermann [B. W.] & Radcliffe [L.] 1917:6, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 95; ref. 1284] La Ventanilla between Ancon and Callao, Peru. Holotype: USNM 77696. Paratypes: USNM 77543 (1), plus 1 not found. Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:2 [ref. 21812]. •Synonym of Mustelus mento Cope 1877 -- (Compagno 1984:417 [ref. 6846]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus mento Cope 1877. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

albipinnis, Mustelus Castro-Aguirre [J. L.], Antuna-Mendiola [A.], González-Acosta [A. F.] & De la Cruz-Agüero [J.] 2005:126, Figs. 1-3 [Hidrobiológica v. 15 (2nd especial); ref. 28590] Northwest of Puerto Adolfo López Mateos, off bahía Magdalena, 25°26.9'N, 113°03.4'W, Baja Calfornia Sur, Mexico, depth 111 meters. Holotype: CICIMAR-Cl 5692. Paratypes: CICIMAR-Cl 5692 (1), 5693 (2), 5694 (1); CNP-IBUNAM 12738 (1), •Valid as Mustelus albipinnis Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & De la Cruz-Agüero 2005 -- (Castro 2011:364 [ref. 31457], Naylor et al. 2012:37 [ref. 32267], Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:85 [ref. 34398], Ehemann et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36194], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:242 [ref. 37881], González-Acosta et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:16 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus albipinnis Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & De la Cruz-Agüero 2005. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico); ?Ecuador, ?Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

albomaculatus, Squalus Plucàr [E.] 1846:7 [Der Fischplatz zu Triest; ref. 18559] Trieste, Italy, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). No types known. •Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819 -- (Compagno 1984:402 [ref. 6846]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

andamanensis, Mustelus White [W. T.], Arunrugstichai [S.] & Naylor [G. J. P.] 2021:11, Figs. 3b, 7b, 9-12 [Marine Biodiversity v. 51: 42; ref. 38267] Ranong fishing port, Thailand. Holotype: CSIRO H 8426-01. Paratypes: ANSP, BMNH, CSIRO, UF, USNM. •Valid as Mustelus andamanensis White, Arunrugstichai & Naylor 2021. Current status: Valid as Mustelus andamanensis White, Arunrugstichai & Naylor 2021. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Andaman Sea. Habitat: marine.

antarcticus, Mustelus Günther [A.] 1870:387 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia; New Zealand. Syntypes: (at least 7) BMNH 1823.2.10.12 (1) New Zealand, 1843.11.20.2-4 (3) Land of Admiralty, 1868.8.18.5 (1, with fetus) Tasmania, 1869.6.7.1 (1) New South Wales. •Valid as Mustelus antarcticus Günther 1870 -- (Compagno 1984:401 [ref. 6846], Paxton et al. 1989:82 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:10 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:128 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:215 [ref. 23873], Compagno & Niem 1998:1304 [ref. 23787], Johnson 1999:719 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:481 [ref. 25589], Hutchins 2001:14 [ref. 25847], Gardner & Ward 2002:356 [ref. 26041], Hoese et al. 2006:92 [ref. 28999], White & Last 2008:189 [ref. 29687], White 2008:66 [ref. 30617], Weigmann 2016:47 [ref. 34211], Hoschke et al. 2019:153 [ref. 36626], White et al. 2021:18 [ref. 38267]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus antarcticus Günther 1870. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: Southern Australia and New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

asterias, Mustelus Cloquet [H.] 1819:407 (v. 14) [Dictionnaire des sciences Naturelles; ref. 852] Europe (including Marseille, France and Lesbos, Greece, Mediterranean Sea). No types known. •Valid as Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819 -- (Compagno 1973:28 [ref. 7163], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:119 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:402 [ref. 6846], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Springer 1990:97 [ref. 19320], Compagno 1999:481 [ref. 25589], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:13 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:9 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:13 [ref. 29533], George 2009:55 [ref. 30539], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:8 [ref. 36649], Weigmann 2016:47 [ref. 34211], Compagno 2016:1278 [ref. 34544], Biscoito et al. 2018:484 [ref. 37562], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:76 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:23 [ref. 37250], Bariche & Fricke 2020:12 [ref. 37515], Kabasakal 2020:82 [ref. 37952], Kovačić et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Giovos et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38895], Golani 2021:7 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:11 [ref. 39014], Bañón & Mano 2022:10 [ref. 40121], Barone et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39527], Balàka et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40410], Shakman et al. 2023:463 [ref. 40810]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Mauritania, including Madeira and Canary Islands. Habitat: marine.

californicus, Mustelus Gill [T. N.] 1864:148 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 16 (no. 3); ref. 1697] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Mustelus californicus Gill 1864 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:34 [ref. 9277], Compagno 1984:403 [ref. 6846], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:735 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:48 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:50 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:39 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:52 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:7 [ref. 37547], Pérez Jiménez et al. 2005:836 [ref. 28524], Castro-Aguirre et al. 2006:124 [ref. 28590], White & Last 2006:245 [ref. 29422], Castro 2011:366 [ref. 31457], Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:85 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:47 [ref. 34211], Kells et al. 2016:68 [ref. 35888], Ebert et al. 2017:55 [ref. 35618], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Burton & Lea 2019:29 [ref. 37205], González-Acosta et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39279], White et al. 2021:18 [ref. 38267], Chabot & Buth 2022:65 [ref. 39108], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus californicus Gill 1864. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern California (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico), including Guadalupe Island (Mexico) and Gulf of California (Mexico) Habitat: marine.

canis, Squalus Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:486 [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Mustelus canis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:57 [ref. 14275], Compagno 1984:404 [ref. 6846], Menni 1986:433 [ref. 11487], Robins & Ray 1986:28 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:26 [ref. 25518], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:222 [ref. 36138], McAllister 1990:32 [ref. 14674], Boschung 1992:23 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:191 [ref. 23827], Heemstra 1997:899 [ref. 22976], Murdy et al. 1997:33 [ref. 23144], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:69 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:45 [ref. 24221], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:108 [ref. 24490], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:51 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Van der Molen & Caille 2001:851 [ref. 25798], Soto 2001:64, 70 [ref. 26637], Camargo & Isaac 2001:139 [ref. 27639], Banstetter in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:37 [ref. 26158], López et al. 2002:62 [ref. 26808], Compagno 2003:461 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:22 [ref. 27192], Kiraly et al. 2003:17 [ref. 28226], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:40 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:52 [ref. 27807], Castro 2011:369 [ref. 31457], Naylor et al. 2012:37 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Pinheiro et al. 2015:2 [ref. 34324], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:86 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211] with two subspecies, Nión et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35565], Biscoito et al. 2018:487 [ref. 37562], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Spier et al. 2018:4 [ref. 36103], Carneiro et al. 2019:23 [ref. 37250], Ehemann et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36861], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 3 [ref. 38986], Carvalho-Filho 2023:302 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505], Gadig et al. 2024:27 [ref. 40775]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus canis (Mitchill 1815). Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Canada south to Argentina, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

dissutus, Allomycter Guitart Manday [D. J.] 1972:2, Fig. 1 [Poeyana, Series A, Instituto de Biologia No. 99; ref. 1954] Matanzas, Cuba, depth 366 meters. Holotype (unique): lost. Type catalog: Gutiérrez de los Reyes et al. 2015:44 [ref. 36079]. •Synonym of Mustelus canis (Mitchill 1815) -- (Compagno 1984:404 [ref. 6846], Compagno 2003:461 [ref. 26984], Castro 2011:369 [ref. 31457]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus canis (Mitchill 1815). Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

dorsalis, Mustelus Gill [T. N.] 1864:149 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 16 (no. 3); ref. 1697] Panama. Syntypes: USNM 8068 (3, lost). Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:7 [ref. 21812], Smith 2018:67 [ref. 36061]. •Valid as Mustelus dorsalis Gill 1864 -- (Compagno 1984:407 [ref. 6846], Bussing & López S. 1994:20 [ref. 23101], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:736 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:49 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:50 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:41 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:52 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:7 [ref. 37547], Pérez Jiménez et al. 2005:836 [ref. 28524], Castro-Aguirre et al. 2006:124 [ref. 28590], Castro 2011:372 [ref. 31457], Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:86 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:242 [ref. 37881], González-Acosta et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38361], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus dorsalis Gill 1864. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California (Mexico) and central Mexico south to Peru. Habitat: marine.

edentulus, Squalus Chiereghini [A. P.] in Ninni 1872:11 [Rivista critica delle specie dei pesci adriatici descritti nell'opera manoscritta dell'Ab. Stefano Chiereghini di Chioggia.; ref. 17995] Not available, description quoted from Chiereghini but species not treated as valid by Ninni; also unavailable in other publications at about this time; from Venice, Italy. •In the synonymy of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819 -- (Compagno 1984:402 [ref. 6846]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

edulis, Mustelus Pérez Canto [C.] 1886:4 [Anales de la Universidad de Chile v. 69 (sec. 1); ref. 18531] Chile. ?MHNV (possibly lost). Syntypes: MHNV (2). See also Philippi 1887:547 [p. 15 of separate] [ref. 3464]. •Synonym of Mustelus mento Cope 1877 -- (Compagno 1984:417 [ref. 6846]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus mento Cope 1877. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

equestris, Mustelus Bonaparte [C. L.] 1834:fasc. 8, punt. 43, Pl. 132 (fig. 2) [Iconografia della fauna italica; ref. 517] Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Lectotype: ANSP 617. Paralectotypes: ANSP 618-620 (3, in jar with lectotype). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:162 [ref. 13621]. Lectotype from collection records, not designated here. •Synonym of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1973:28 [ref. 7163], Compagno 1984:419 [ref. 6846], Springer 1990:98 [ref. 19320]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758). Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

fasciatus, Galeorhinus Garman [S.] 1913:172 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 36; ref. 1545] Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Syntypes: MCZ 154-S (1), 315-S (1). Type catalog: Hartel & Dingerkus 1997:xxxviii-xxxix [ref. 23119]. •Valid as Mustelus fasciatus (Garman 1913) -- (Compagno 1984:408 [ref. 6846], Menni 1986:433 [ref. 11487], Heemstra 1997:905 [ref. 22976], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Van der Molen & Caille 2001:851 [ref. 25798], Soto 2001:64, 70 [ref. 26637], López et al. 2002:62 [ref. 26808], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:22 [ref. 27192], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211], Nión et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35565], Carvalho-Filho 2023:303 [ref. 40480], Chiaramonte et al. 2023:208 [ref. 40423]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus fasciatus (Garman 1913). Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: São Paulo (Brazil) south to Argentina. Habitat: marine.

ganearum, Emissola Whitley [G. P.] 1945:11, Fig. 6 [Australian Zoologist v. 11 (pt 1); ref. 4707] Bald Head, off Albany, Western Australia. Holotype: AMS IB.1630 (teeth and denticles). Paratypes: AMS E.2316 (1), IA.672 (1). •Synonym of Mustelus antarcticus Günther 1870 -- (Compagno 1984:401 [ref. 6846], Paxton et al. 1989:82 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:129 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:216 [ref. 23873], Hoese et al. 2006:92 [ref. 28999]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus antarcticus Günther 1870. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

griseus, Mustelus Pietschmann [V.] 1908:132 [1] [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 45 (no. 10); ref. 18555] Japan. Holotype (unique): NMW 85501. On p. 1 of separate. Apparently appeared first as above, and later illustrated and described in more detail in Pietschmann 1908:694, Pl. 2 (figs. 1, 3-3b) [ref. 14332]. •Valid as Mustelus griseus Pietschmann 1908 -- (Compagno 1984:409 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:5 [ref. 6441], Chen et al. 1997:3 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:29 [ref. 26385], Compagno & Niem 1998:1304 [ref. 23787], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:133 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:579 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:287 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:133 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:52, 472 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:394 [ref. 28370], Compagno et al. 2005:32 [ref. 29145] as cf. griseus, White & Last 2006:245 [ref. 29422], Yamashita et al. 2012:123 [ref. 32408], Ebert et al. 2013:324 [ref. 33045], Shinohara et al. 2014:232 [ref. 33330], Dyldin 2015:51 [ref. 34524], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 2 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:39 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37637], White et al. 2021:18 [ref. 38267]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus griseus Pietschmann 1908. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

hacat, Mustelus Pérez-Jiménez [J. C.], Nichizaki [O. S.] & Castillo Geniz [J. L.] 2005:836, Fig. 2 [Copeia 2005 (no. 4); ref. 28524] Northeast of Angel de la Guarda Island, Mexico, Gulf of California, 29°58.5'N, 113°37.8'W. Holotype: SIO 04-187. Paratypes: SIO 65-247-5A (1), 65-292-5 (1), 65-344-5A (3), •Synonym of Mustelus albipinnis Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & de la Cruz-Agüero 2005 described in the same year -- (Castro 2011:364 [ref. 31457], Naylor et al. 2012:37 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:85 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:47 [ref. 34211]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus albipinnis Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & de la Cruz-Agüero 2005. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

henlei, Rhinotriacis Gill [T. N.] 1863:486 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14 (for 1862); ref. 1671] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 4487. Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:7 [ref. 21812]. •Valid as Triakis henlei (Gill 1863) -- (Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:222 [ref. 36138]). •Valid as Mustelus henlei (Gill 1863) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:35 [ref. 9277], Compagno 1984:410 [ref. 6846], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:737 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:49 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:50 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:41 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:53 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:7 [ref. 37547], Pérez Jiménez et al. 2005:836 [ref. 28524], Castro-Aguirre et al. 2006:124 [ref. 28590], Cubelio et al. 2011:29 [ref. 31250], Castro 2011:374 [ref. 31457], Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:86 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211], Kells et al. 2016:68 [ref. 35888], Ebert et al. 2017:55 [ref. 35618], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Burton & Lea 2019:29 [ref. 37205], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:242 [ref. 37881], González-Acosta et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39279], Chabot & Buth 2022:65 [ref. 39108], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus henlei (Gill 1863). Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: northern Washington (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico), including Gulf of California (Mexico); Ecuador south to Peru. Habitat: marine.

higmani, Mustelus Springer [S.] & Lowe [R. H.] 1963:245, Fig. 1 [Copeia 1963 (no. 2); ref. 5328] Northeast of Parimaribo, Suriname, Coquette station 155, depth 12 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 156930. Paratypes or possible paratypes: USNM 187693 (1), 187695 (1), 187697-98 (4, 2), 187720-21 (13, 4), 187723 (6), 187938 (3), 196546 (4), 221724 (1). Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:7-8 [ref. 21812] with USNM paratypes surmised from collection information. •Valid as Mustelus higmani Springer & Lowe 1963 -- (Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:58 [ref. 14275], Compagno 1984:412 [ref. 6846], Cervigón 1992:191 [ref. 23827], Aguilera 1998:45 [ref. 24221], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:112 [ref. 24490], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:51 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Soto 2001:64, 71 [ref. 26637], Compagno 2003:462 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:22 [ref. 27192], Kiraly et al. 2003:18 [ref. 28226], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:42 [ref. 27705], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:14 [ref. 28815], Cubelio et al. 2011:29 [ref. 31250], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:86 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36861], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 3 [ref. 38986], Carvalho-Filho 2023:303 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505], Gadig et al. 2024:29 [ref. 40775]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus higmani Springer & Lowe 1963. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Venezuela south to São Paulo (Brazil), including southern Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

hinnulus, Squalus Blainville [H. de] 1825:83, Pl. 20 (fig. 2) [Faune Française; ou histoire naturelle Livr. 13 & 14; ref. 4991] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819 -- (Compagno 1973:28 [ref. 7163], Compagno 1984:402 [ref. 6846]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

insularis, Mustelus canis Heemstra [P. C.] 1997:903, Fig. 5 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 60 (no. 3); ref. 22976] Cay Sal Bank, 5 miles northwest of Cay Sal Island, Bahamas, depth 214 meters. Holotype: USNM 208012. Paratypes: ANSP 19475 (2), 103924 (1), 124249 (1, cranium); BMNH 1879.1.8.1 (1), 1972.10.3.1 (1); CAS 15051 (1); FMNH 71555 (1); MCZ 35233 (1); UF 19141 (1), 46039 (1), 46075-77 (1, 1, 1), 101336 (1), 203360 (1), 224064 (1), 228458 (1); USNM 154808 (1), 20813 (1), 21376 (2), 25234 (1), 37679 (1); ZMA 110193 (1). •Synonym of Mustelus canis (Mitchill 1815), but a valid subspecies insularis Heemstra 1997 as described -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:51 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:110 [ref. 25013], Collette et al. 2003:98 [ref. 26784], Compagno 2003:461 [ref. 26984], Kiraly et al. 2003:18 [ref. 28226], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:19 [ref. 33341] as Mustelus canis, Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211] with two subspecies). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus canis (Mitchill 1815). Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic Habitat: marine.

kanekonis, Cynias Tanaka [S.] 1916:27 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 28 (no. 327); ref. 15074] Nagasaki fish market, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 6360 (lost). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:197 [ref. 39648]. •Synonym of Mustelus griseus Pietschmann 1908 -- (Compagno 1984:409 [ref. 6846]). •Valid as Mustelus kanekonis (Tanaka 1916) -- (Chen et al. 1997:3 [ref. 26476], Haroon & Kibria 2021:50 [ref. 39241]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus griseus Pietschmann 1908. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

laevis, Galeus Risso [A.] 1820:242 [Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle v. 91; ref. 18636] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. As Mustellus levis in Risso 1827:127 [ref. 3757]. •Synonym of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1973:28 [ref. 7163], Compagno 1984:419 [ref. 6846], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:8 [ref. 36649], Biscoito et al. 2018:469 [ref. 37562], Ebert et al. 2021:57 [ref. 38234]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758). Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

laevis, Mustelus Linck [H. F.] 1790:31 [Magazin für das Neueste aus der Physik und Naturgeschichte, Gotha v. 6 (no. 3) (art. 3); ref. 4985] European seas. No types known. •Unneeded replacement name for and objective synonym of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1973:28 [ref. 7163], Compagno 1984:419 [ref. 6846]). •Synonym of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:13 [ref. 26753]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758). Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

laevis, Mustelus Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1841:190, [Pl. 24 (lower)] [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Perhaps described independently of (but preoccupied by) Mustelus laevis Linck 1790; objectively invalid. 1°Homonym. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

laevis, Mustelus Cetti [F.] 1777:67 [Anfibi e pesci di Sardegna; ref. 18872] Not available, name only, no diagnosis, from [Sardegna] Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. •In the synonymy of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758). Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

lenticulatus, Mustelus Phillipps [W. J.] 1932:226 [The New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology v. 13 (no. 4); ref. 16393] Wellington Harbor, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): NMNZ. •Valid as Mustelus lenticulatus Phillipps 1932 -- (Compagno 1984:413 [ref. 6846], Paulin et al. 1989:24 [ref. 24556], Nakaya in Amaoka et al. 1990:64 [ref. 16024], Francis 1993:157 [ref. 25479], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Gardner & Ward 2002:356 [ref. 26041], White & Last 2008:194 [ref. 29687], White 2008:66 [ref. 30617], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus lenticulatus Phillipps 1932. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

lunulatus, Mustelus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1882:108 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 5 (no. 268); ref. 10603] Mazatlán, Sinaloa, western Mexico. Syntypes: USNM 29211 (orig. 2, now 1). Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:9 [ref. 21812]. •Valid as Mustelus lunulatus Jordan & Gilbert 1882 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:16 [ref. 39147], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:35 [ref. 9277], Compagno 1984:414 [ref. 6846], Bussing & López S. 1994:20 [ref. 23101], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:738 [ref. 22829], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:48 [ref. 24555], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:50 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:42 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:53 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:7 [ref. 37547], Pérez Jiménez et al. 2005:836 [ref. 28524], Castro-Aguirre et al. 2006:124 [ref. 28590], Castro 2011:377 [ref. 31457], Naylor et al. 2012:36 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:87 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211], Kells et al. 2016:68 [ref. 35888], Ebert et al. 2017:55 [ref. 35618], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:242 [ref. 37881], González-Acosta et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38361], Love et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus lunulatus Jordan & Gilbert 1882. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

manazo, Mustelus Bleeker [P.] 1854:422 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 13964] Nagasaki, Japan; Northwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 7396 (2). Also appeared in Bleeker 1855:126 [ref. 357]. •Valid as Mustelus manazo Bleeker 1854 (often dated 1855) -- (Nakaya in Okamura et al. 1982:45, 310 [ref. 8256], Compagno 1984:416 [ref. 6846], Dor 1984:8 [ref. 29757], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:5 [ref. 6441], Nakaya in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:49, 299 [ref. 8057], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:222 [ref. 36138], Goren & Dor 1994:3 [ref. 25356], Chen et al. 1997:4 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:28 [ref. 26385] dated 1857, Adam et al. 1998:5 [ref. 23610], Compagno & Niem 1998:1304 [ref. 23787], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:7 [ref. 24670], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:133 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:579 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:288 [ref. 25995], Wang et al. 2001:30 [ref. 26566] dated 1857, Nakabo 2002:133 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:52, 471 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:394 [ref. 28370], Compagno et al. 2005:32 [ref. 29145] as cf. manazo, White & Last 2008:194 [ref. 29687], White 2008:66 [ref. 30617], Last el al. 2010:74 [ref. 32461], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:57 [ref. 35264], Fricke et al. 2011:345 [ref. 31242], Ebert et al. 2013:325 [ref. 33045], Shinohara et al. 2014:232 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:22 [ref. 33547], Dyldin 2015:52 [ref. 34524], Motomura et al. 2015:12 [ref. 34709], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211], Motomura et al. 2017:20 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:300 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:11 [ref. 35805], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 2 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:39 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37637], Haroon & Kibria 2021:51 [ref. 39241], White et al. 2021:19 [ref. 38267], James & Ebert 2022:500 [ref. 39663]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus manazo Bleeker 1854. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Kenya east to Philippines, north to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), south to Queensland (Australia), Chesterfield Islands and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

maugeana, Emissola Whitley [G. P.] 1939:238, Fig. 10 [Australian Zoologist v. 9 (pt 3); ref. 4695] Off Flinders Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IA.1922. •Synonym of Mustelus antarcticus Günther 1870 -- (Compagno 1984:401 [ref. 6846], Paxton et al. 1989:82 [ref. 12442], Last & Stevens 1994:216 [ref. 23873], Hoese et al. 2006:92 [ref. 28999]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus antarcticus Günther 1870. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

mediterraneus, Mustelus Quignard [J.-P.] & Capapé [C.] 1972:23, Figs. 3, 10 [Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes v. 36 (no. 1); ref. 7638] Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: MNHN 1978-0036. •Valid as Mustelus mediterraneus Quignard & Capapé 1827 -- (Compagno 1973:29 [ref. 7163], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326]). •Synonym of Mustelus punctulatus Risso 1827 -- (Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:121 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:423 [ref. 6846], Springer 1990:98 [ref. 19320], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:14 [ref. 26753] dated 1826, Lipej & Dulčić 2010:8 [ref. 36649], Compagno 2016:1282 [ref. 34544]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus punctulatus Risso 1827. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

mento, Mustelus Cope [E. D.] 1877:47 [31] [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 17; ref. 18033] Pacific at Pacasmayo, Peru. Holotype (unique): ANSP 21104. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:162 [ref. 13621]. On p. 31 of separate. •Valid as Mustelus mento Cope 1877 -- (Compagno 1984:417 [ref. 6846], Pequeño 1989:13 [ref. 14125], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:739 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:91 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:48 [ref. 24555], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Castro-Aguirre et al. 2006:124 [ref. 28590], White & Last 2006:245 [ref. 29422], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:187 [ref. 30957], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:242 [ref. 37881], White et al. 2021:18 [ref. 38267]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus mento Cope 1877. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

minicanis, Mustelus Heemstra [P. C.] 1997:910, Fig. 11 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 60 (no. 3); ref. 22976] Between Peninsula de Paraguaná Venezuela and Aruba, 12°19'N, 70°34'W, R/V Oregon station 4402, depth 73 meters. Holotype: USNM 207961. Paratypes: ANSP 120342 (1); UF 19140 (1), 230376 (1); USNM 207962 (2), 208016-17 (1, 2). •Valid as Mustelus minicanis Heemstra 1997 -- (Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:463 [ref. 26984], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2005:169 [ref. 28938], Weigmann 2016:48 [ref. 34211], Ehemann et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36861]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus minicanis Heemstra 1997. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic (including Caribbean Sea). Habitat: marine.

mosis, Mustelus Hemprich [F. W.] & Ehrenberg [C. G.] 1899:8, Pl. 7 (fig. 3 + a-d) [Symbolae physicae; ref. 4977] Red Sea. Lectotype: ZMB 4501. Paralectotype: ZMB 4502 (1, dry). Type catalog: Paepke & Schmidt 1988:170 [ref. 21041] but dated to 1899 and with syntypes ZMB 4501 (1). Appeared first as Klunzinger (ex Ehrenberg) 1871:668 [ref. 2622] as name in synonymy and not available. Appeared as above as name in synonymy of Mustelus laevis (as assigned by Hilgendorf). Validation back to 1899 not researched, but was established and apparently with ZMB 4501 as type; but probably that action in fact validates the name back to 1871 (the date used by Dor 1984 but not by subsequent authors through 1999). White et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38267] listed lecto- and paralectotype. •Valid as Mustelus mosis Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1899 -- (Dor 1984:9 [ref. 29757], Compagno 1984:418 [ref. 6846], Bass et al. 1986:82 [ref. 5638], Klausewitz 1986:285 [ref. 39512], Baranes & Golani 1993:301 [ref. 22372], Goren & Dor 1994:3 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:25 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1999:17 [ref. 24106], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S92 [ref. 27377], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:24 [ref. 27735], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:64 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:8 [ref. 30213], Cubelio et al. 2011:29 [ref. 31250], Moore et al. 2012:6 [ref. 31771], Psomadakis et al. 2015:78 [ref. 34104], Weigmann 2016:49 [ref. 34211], Ali et al. 2018:300 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:12 [ref. 36273], Kumar et al. 2018:296 [ref. 36178], Tyabji et al. 2018:14 [ref. 36598], Eagderi et al. 2019:8 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:58 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 2 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:171 [ref. 37272], Ebert et al. 2021:56 [ref. 38234], White et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38267], Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567], James & Ebert 2022:501 [ref. 39663], Zajonz et al. 2022:6 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus mosis Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1899. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: KwaZulu_Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf east to Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Habitat: marine.

mustela, Petromyzon Fabricius [J. C.] in Niebuhr (ex Forsskål) 1775:xviii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Melita (La Valletta, Malta, Mediterranean Sea). No types known. Not available, name only. •Uncertain in genus Mustelus Linck 1790, based on either Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1821, M. mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758), or M. punctulatus Risso, 1827 -- (Fricke 2008:9 [ref. 30182]). Nomen Nudum. Triakidae: Triakinae.

mustelus, Squalus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:235 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea, Northeastern Atlantic [original: "in Europa"]; localities include Cornwall, England, Northeastern Atlantic; Marseille, France; Rome, Italy; Lesbos Island, Greece; Syria, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Lectotype or neotype fixation needed. Neotype designated by Fricke 1999:17 [ref. 24101], but withdrawn in Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Originally based on multiple species and at least 42 pre-Linnaean sources including Artedi 1738:66 [ref. 30578] and Artedi 1738:93 [ref. 30349] as Squalus dentibus obtusis seu granulosis; Rondelet 1554:375, 376 [ref. 30354] as Gale(us) læu(is) and Gale(us) asteri(as), Gesner 1558:717 [ref. 30350] as Gale(us) laev(is) and Gale(us) asteri(as), Salviani 1558:137, Pl. (p. 135) [ref. 30229] as Mustelus lævis, Jonston 1649:Pl. 8 (fig. 8) [ref. 30579] as Mustelus lævis, Charleton 1668:128 [ref. 30580] as Galeus lævis , Willughby 1686:60, 61 [ref. 30164] and Ray 1713:22 [ref. 30231] as Mustelus lævis primus and Galeus asterias. •Valid as Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1973:28 [ref. 7163], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:120 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:419 [ref. 6846], Bass et al. 1986:82 [ref. 5638], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:222 [ref. 36138], Springer 1990:98 [ref. 19320], Compagno et al. 1991:85 [ref. 21083], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:76 [ref. 25472], Santos et al. 1997:117 [ref. 23531], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:111 [ref. 25013], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Fricke 1999:16 [ref. 24101], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:13 [ref. 26753], Falcón et al. 2003:144 [ref. 39343], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:64 [ref. 28072], Golani 2005:9 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:13 [ref. 29533], George 2009:55 [ref. 30539], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:8 [ref. 36649], Wirtz et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32972], Goren & Galil 2015:521 [ref. 33910], Weigmann 2016:49 [ref. 34211], Compagno 2016:1279 [ref. 34544], Biscoito et al. 2018:469 [ref. 37562], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:77 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:24 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:29 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:13 [ref. 37515], Kabasakal 2020:83 [ref. 37952], Kovačić et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Arroyo Martínez 2021:52 [ref. 38962], Ebert et al. 2021:57 [ref. 38234], Giovos et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38895], Golani 2021:7 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:11 [ref. 39014], Bañón & Mano 2022:10 [ref. 40121], Barone et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39527], Fermon et al. 2022:94 [ref. 39448], James & Ebert 2022:501 [ref. 39663], Balàka et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40410], Shakman et al. 2023:463 [ref. 40810], Deval in Digenis et al. 2024:102 [ref. 40958], Leeney 2024:57 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758). Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), including Azores (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal), Canary Islands (Spain), Cape Verde Islands and São Tomé and Principe; southwestern Indian Ocean: Cape of Good Hope to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: marine.

norrisi, Mustelus Springer [S.] 1939:462, Figs. 53, 55 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 86 (no. 3058); ref. 10180] Off Englewood, Florida, U.S.A., depth about 3 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 106639. Paratypes: BMNH 1939.5.5.1 (1), Bass Biol. Lab. 317, 319-321 (whereabouts unknown), MCZ 35222 [ex 318] (1); UMMZ 117094 (2); USNM 57369 (1), USNM 104333 (1), 317610 [ex USNM 57369] (6 embryos). Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:10 [ref. 21812]. •Valid as Mustelus norrisi Springer 1939 -- (Compagno 1984:421 [ref. 6846], Robins & Ray 1986:29 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:23 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:192 [ref. 23827], Heemstra 1997:911 [ref. 22976], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:70 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:45 [ref. 24221], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:116 [ref. 24490], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:51 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Soto 2001:64, 71 [ref. 26637], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:22 [ref. 27192], Compagno 2003:464 [ref. 26984], Kiraly et al. 2003:18 [ref. 28226], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:43 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:53 [ref. 27807], Castro 2011:379 [ref. 31457], Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:87 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:49 [ref. 34211], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36861], Carvalho-Filho 2023:303 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus norrisi Springer 1939. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea Habitat: marine.

palumbes, Mustelus Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:358, Figs. 1E-F [South African Journal of Science v. 53 (no. 14); ref. 12172] Knysna Estuary, Cape Province, South Africa. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 24. Paratypes or additional material: not researched. •Valid as Mustelus palumbes Smith 1957 -- (Compagno 1984:422 [ref. 6846], Bass et al. 1986:82 [ref. 5638], Compagno et al. 1991:85 [ref. 21083], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:76 [ref. 25472], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:64 [ref. 28072], Weigmann 2016:49 [ref. 34211], Compagno 2016:1281 [ref. 34544], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:76 [ref. 37302], Ebert et al. 2021:57 [ref. 38234], James & Ebert 2022:502 [ref. 39663], Leeney 2024:58 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus palumbes Smith 1957. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to southern Mozambique. Habitat: marine.

plebejus, Mustelus Bonaparte [C. L.] 1834:fasc. 8, punt. 43, Pl. 132 (fig. 1) [Iconografia della fauna italica; ref. 517] Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:162 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819 -- (Compagno 1973:28 [ref. 7163], Compagno 1984:402 [ref. 6846], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:13 [ref. 26753], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:8 [ref. 36649]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

punctulatus, Mustellus Risso [A.] 1827:128 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Correct spelling of original genus is Mustelus. •Valid as Mustelus punctulatus Risso 1827 -- (Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:121 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:423 [ref. 6846], Springer 1990:98 [ref. 19320], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:14 [ref. 26753] dated 1826, Fricke et al. 2007:13 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:8 [ref. 36649], Compagno 2016:1282 [ref. 34544], Biscoito et al. 2018:487 [ref. 37562], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:77 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:24 [ref. 37250], Kabasakal 2020:84 [ref. 37952], Kovačić et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Giovos et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38895], Kovačić et al. 2021:11 [ref. 39014], Barone et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39527], Balàka et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40410], Shakman et al. 2023:463 [ref. 40810]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus punctulatus Risso 1827. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Western Sahara, including Canary Islands. Not in Madeira and Selvagens Islands. Habitat: marine.

ravidus, Mustelus White [W. T.] & Last [P. R.] 2006:241, Figs. 5-7 [Cybium v. 30 (no. 3); ref. 29422] Off Port Hedland, Western Australia, 18°30'S, 118°43'E. Holotype: CSIRO H 4072-06. Paratypes: CSIRO CA 3037 (1), CA 3038 (1), CA 3319 (1), CA 3367 (1), CA 3368 (1). •Valid as Mustelus ravidus White & Last 2006 -- (Weigmann 2016:49 [ref. 34211], White et al. 2021:20 [ref. 38267]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus ravidus White & Last 2006. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Western Australia and Borneo. Habitat: marine.

schmitti, Mustelus Springer [S.] 1939:465 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 86 (no. 3058); ref. 10180] Coast of Uruguay, southwestern Atlantic. Holotype: USNM 106640 [ex USNM 87680]. Paratypes: USNM 55582 (1), 87680 (2), 87782 (1). Type catalog: Howe & Springer 1993:12-13 [ref. 21812]. Spelled schmidti by Bigelow & Schroeder 1940:420 [ref. 19762]. •Valid as Mustelus schmitti Springer 1939 -- (Compagno 1984:424 [ref. 6846], Menni 1986:429 [ref. 11487], Heemstra 1997:915 [ref. 22976], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:34 [ref. 25942], Van der Molen & Caille 2001:851 [ref. 25798], Soto 2001:64, 71 [ref. 26637], López et al. 2002:62 [ref. 26808], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:22 [ref. 27192], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Weigmann 2016:49 [ref. 34211], Petry et al. 2016:299 [ref. 34966], Nión et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35565], Spier et al. 2018:4 [ref. 36103], Carvalho-Filho 2023:303 [ref. 40480], Chiaramonte et al. 2023:208 [ref. 40423], Gadig et al. 2024:28 [ref. 40775]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus schmitti Springer 1939. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) south to Patagonia (Argentina). Habitat: marine.

sinusmexicanus, Mustelus Heemstra [P. C.] 1997:918, Figs. 17, 18C, 22 [Bulletin of Marine Science v. 60 (no. 3); ref. 22976] South of Dauphin Island, Alabama, U.S.A., 29°15'N, 88°11'30"W, depth 91 meters. Holotype: USNM 208345. Paratypes: ANSP 103925 (1); BMNH 1972.10.3.2-4 (3); CAS 14978 (1); FMNH 71556 (2); GCRL 288 (1), 1183 (1); MCZ 35853 (2); CAS-SU 38654 (1), 38659-60 (1, 2); TU 16544 (1), 164146 (1); UF 27999 (1), 46036 (1), 46038 (1), 230476 (2); USNM 116443 (1), 158585 (1), 179120 (3). •Valid as Mustelus sinusmexicanus Heemstra 1997 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:51 [ref. 24550], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2003:465 [ref. 26984], Kiraly et al. 2003:19 [ref. 28226], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:43 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:53 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:14 [ref. 28815], Castro 2011:382 [ref. 31457], Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:87 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:50 [ref. 34211], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Page et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus sinusmexicanus Heemstra 1997. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

stellatus, Mustelus Risso [A.] 1827:126 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France; Marseille, France; Lesbos Island, Greece, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819 -- (Compagno 1973:28 [ref. 7163], Compagno 1984:402 [ref. 6846], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:13 [ref. 26753], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:8 [ref. 36649]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

stevensi, Mustelus White [W. T.] & Last [P. R.] 2008:190, Figs. 1-2, 5A [CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022; ref. 29687] North of Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, 19°08'S, 116°54'E, depth 196-198 meters. Holotype: CSIRO H 1035-13. Paratypes: (14) CSIRO. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Mustelus stevensi White & Last 2008 --- (Larson et al. 2013:7 [ref. 32988], Weigmann 2016:50 [ref. 34211], Psomadakis et al. 2020:171 [ref. 37272], White et al. 2021:15 [ref. 38267]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus stevensi White & Last 2008. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Northern and eastern Indian Ocean: southeastern Myanmar, northern Western Australia, Timor and Arafura seas. Habitat: marine.

striatus, Mustelus Devincenzi [G. J.] 1920:122, Pl. 12 [Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Montevideo (Serie 2) v. 1 (pt 4); ref. 15235] Río de la Plata, Montevideo, Uruguay. Holotype (unique): MHNM CI 135. Type catalog: Olazarri et al. 1970:2 [ref. 23527], Loureiro et al. 2016:413 [ref. 35150]. Appeared as Mustelus estriatus in Serrano 1929:3 [ref. 34188]. •Synonym of Mustelus fasciatus (Garman 1913) -- (Compagno 1984:408 [ref. 6846], Heemstra 1997:906 [ref. 22976]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus fasciatus (Garman 1913). Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

vulgaris, Mustelus Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1839:64, 190, [Pl. 27 (upper)] [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Mediterranean Sea; Atlantic; Japan; Australia. Syntypes: ZMB 31649-51 (1, 1, 1), not ZMB 4502 (1, dry). Type catalog: Paepke & Schmidt 1988:170 [ref. 21041]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Mustelus vulgaris Cloquet 1821. See comments on types by White et al. 2021:9 [ref. 38267] •Valid as Mustelus vulgaris Müller & Henle 1839 -- (Herrera 1896:9 [ref. 39336]). •Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819 -- (Compagno 1973:28 [ref. 7163] in part, Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:13 [ref. 26753], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:8 [ref. 36649]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Mustelus asterias Cloquet 1819. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

vulgaris, Mustelus Cloquet [H.] 1819:406 (v. 14), Pl. 37 (fig. 2) (Zoologie: Poissons et Reptiles) [Dictionnaire des sciences Naturelles; ref. 852] European Seas (Cornwall, England, Northeastern Atlantic; Marseille, France; Rome, Italy; Lesbos Island, Greece; Syria, Mediterranean Sea), Indian Ocean, Pacific. No types known. Unnecessary replacement name for Squalus mustelus Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Compagno 1973:28 [ref. 7163], Compagno 1984:419 [ref. 6846] with question, Springer 1990:98 [ref. 19320], Golani 2005:10 [ref. 37112], Biscoito et al. 2018:469 [ref. 37562], White et al. 2021:9 [ref. 38267]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus 1758). Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

walkeri, Mustelus White [W. T.] & Last [P. R.] 2008:194, Figs. 3-4, 5B [CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022; ref. 29687] Northeast of Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia, 17°57'S, 147°02'E, depth 298-306 meters. Holotype: CSIRO H 460-02. Paratypes: 16 specimens at CSIRO and QM. Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Mustelus walkeri White & Last 2008 -- (Weigmann 2016:50 [ref. 34211]). •Synonym of Mustelus antarcticus Günther 1870 -- (White et al. 2021:20 [ref. 38267]). Current status: Synonym of Mustelus antarcticus Günther 1870. Triakidae: Triakinae. Habitat: marine.

whitneyi, Mustelus Chirichigno F. [N.] 1973:7, Fig. 1 [Informes, Especiales, Instituto del Mar del Perú. Callao No. 42; ref. 7559] Off Paita, Peru, depth 50 fathoms. Holotype: IMARPE 1210. Paratypes: IMARPE 10 (1), 842 (1), 1140 (1), 1144 (1), 1192 (1), 1211 (1). •Valid as Mustelus whitneyi Chirichigno F. 1973 -- (Compagno 1984:425 [ref. 6846], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:740 [ref. 22829], Pequeño 1997:79 [ref. 23536], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:49 [ref. 24555], Compagno 1999:482 [ref. 25589], Castro-Aguirre et al. 2006:124 [ref. 28590], White & Last 2006:245 [ref. 29422], Weigmann 2016:50 [ref. 34211], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:242 [ref. 37881], White et al. 2021:18 [ref. 38267], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:47 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus whitneyi Chirichigno F. 1973. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Southeastern Pacific: Ecuador south to Chile. Habitat: marine.

widodoi, Mustelus White [W. T.] & Last [P. R.] 2006:237, Figs. 1-3 [Cybium v. 30 (no. 3); ref. 29422] Kedonganan fish market, 8°45'S, 115°10'E, Bali, Indonesia. Holotype: MZB 13591. Paratypes: MZB 12903 (1); CSIRO H 5693-01 to -04 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1), H 5870 (1), H 5870-02 (1), H 5872-09 (1), H 5889-11 (1), H 5889-13 (1), H 5889-27 (1). •Valid as Mustelus widodoi White & Last 2006 -- (Last el al. 2010:76 [ref. 32461], Weigmann 2016:50 [ref. 34211], White et al. 2021:18 [ref. 38267]). Current status: Valid as Mustelus widodoi White & Last 2006. Triakidae: Triakinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia and off Malaysian Borneo. Habitat: marine.


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