falciformis, Carcharias (Prionodon) Bibron [G.] in Müller & Henle 1839:47 [Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen; ref. 3069] Cuba, western Atlantic. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1134 (fetus). Type catalog: Bertin 1939:72 [ref. 20739]. Authorship proposed changed to Bibron 1839 -- Jones et al. 2015:570 [ref. 34086]. Some authors use Müller & Henle 1839. •Valid as Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron 1839) [sometimes authorship as Müller & Henle] -- (Compagno 1973:24 [ref. 7163], Garrick 1982:159 [ref. 5454], Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:104 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:470 [ref. 6846], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:6 [ref. 6441], Bass et al. 1986:72 [ref. 5638], Robins & Ray 1986:25 [ref. 23100], Allen & Swainston 1988:22 [ref. 25477], Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:224 [ref. 36138] as falciformes, Paxton et al. 1989:77 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:25 [ref. 24556], Springer 1990:104 [ref. 19320], Randall et al. 1990:19 [ref. 15987], Boschung 1992:20 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:171 [ref. 23827], Allen & Robertson 1994:22 [ref. 22193], Last & Stevens 1994:241 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:2 [ref. 25356], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:673 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:30 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:61 [ref. 27969] with author as Bibron, Allen 1997:42 [ref. 23977], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:28 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:80 [ref. 24023], Yokogawa & Yamaguchi 1997:4 [ref. 24376], Arruda 1997:17 [ref. 24952], Randall et al. 1997:19 [ref. 25919], Compagno & Niem 1998:1335 [ref. 23787], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:77 [ref. 23897], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:54 [ref. 24555], Myers 1999:34 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:19 [ref. 24106], Morón et al. 1999:147 [ref. 24253], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:57 [ref. 24490], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:112 [ref. 25013], Compagno 1999:483 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:139 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:580 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:90 [ref. 25191], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:146 [ref. 27754], Grace 2001:30 [ref. 25694], Hutchins 2001:14 [ref. 25847], Soto 2001:64, 76 [ref. 26637], Camargo & Isaac 2001:139 [ref. 27639] as Bibron 1839, Nakabo 2002:139 [ref. 26001], Collette et al. 2003:98 [ref. 26784], Compagno 2003:479 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:23 [ref. 27192], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S92 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:609 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:5 [ref. 27624], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:52 [ref. 27705], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:31 [ref. 27735], Nelson et al. 2004:53 [ref. 27807], Compagno et al. 2005:37 [ref. 29145] with author as Valenciennes, Love et al. 2005:7 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:89 [ref. 28379], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Hoese et al. 2006:100 [ref. 29001], Hobbs et al. 2008:7 [ref. 39350], Béarez & Séret 2009:145 [ref. 36646], Fricke et al. 2009:9 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:187 [ref. 30957], Last el al. 2010:98 [ref. 32461], Fricke et al. 2011:345 [ref. 31242], Voigt & Weber 2011:60 [ref. 31424] as falciformes, Castro 2011:413 [ref. 31457], Hoyos-Padilla et al. 2012:15 [ref. 31760], White 2012:3 [ref. 31843], Yamashita et al. 2012:124 [ref. 32408], Garibaldi & Orsi Relini 2012:399 [ref. 32859], Page et al. 2013:51 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32972], Larson et al. 2013:9 [ref. 32988], Ebert et al. 2013:331 [ref. 33045], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:19 [ref. 33341], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:81 [ref. 34104], Pinheiro et al. 2015:2 [ref. 34324], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:91 [ref. 34398] with authors as Müller & Henle, Weigmann 2016:19 [ref. 34211] with authors as Müller & Henle, Compagno 2016:1303 [ref. 34544], Fourriére et al. 2016:452 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:605 [ref. 34923], Koeda et al. 2016:4 [ref. 35333], Nión et al. 2016:20 [ref. 35565] with author as Müller & Henle, White et al. 2017:142 [ref. 35860], Ali et al. 2018:301 [ref. 36183], Biscoito et al. 2018:465 [ref. 37562], Ehemann et al. 2018:21 [ref. 36194], Fricke et al. 2018:13 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:10 [ref. 36273], Kumar et al. 2018:296 [ref. 36178], Spier et al. 2018:4 [ref. 36103], White & Ko'ou 2018:34 [ref. 35922], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:81 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:25 [ref. 37250], Eagderi et al. 2019:4 [ref. 37020], Ehemann et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36861], Fricke et al. 2019:40 [ref. 36673], Reiner 2019:32 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:9 [ref. 37515], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:242 [ref. 37881], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 1 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:175 [ref. 37272], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Bessudo et al. 2021:[3] 1771 [ref. 39107], Ebert et al. 2021:62 [ref. 38234], González-Acosta et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38361], Haroon & Kibria 2021:56 [ref. 39241], Kovačić et al. 2021:9 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:18 [ref. 39279], Barone et al. 2022:17 [ref. 39527], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 3 [ref. 38986], Fermon et al. 2022:95 [ref. 39448], Hsu et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39567], Winton & Ebert 2022:520 [ref. 39667], Carvalho-Filho 2023:305 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40505], Gadig et al. 2024:41 [ref. 40775]). Current status: Valid as Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron 1839). Carcharhinidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of California/Mexico). Habitat: marine.