moluccensis, Centrophorus Bleeker [P.] 1860:3 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 5); ref. 378] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 7415. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.201 (1). •Valid as Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker 1860 -- (Compagno 1984:40 [ref. 6474], Paxton et al. 1989:31 [ref. 12442], Yano & Kugai 1993:47 [ref. 23206], Gomon et al. 1994:93 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:57 [ref. 23873], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:v [ref. 21953], Compagno & Niem 1998:1223 [ref. 23787], Compagno 1999:472 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:152 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:580 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:14 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:152 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Baranes 2003:51 [ref. 27888] as molluccensis, Shinohara et al. 2005:396 [ref. 28370], Compagno et al. 2005:52 [ref. 29145] as cf. moluccensis, Hoese & Gates 2006:150 [ref. 28997], White et al. 2008:19 [ref. 29674], White 2008:86 [ref. 30617], Fricke et al. 2009:11 [ref. 30213], Last el al. 2010:40 [ref. 32461], Fricke et al. 2011:346 [ref. 31242], White et al.2013:63 [ref. 33033], Ebert et al. 2013:290 [ref. 33045], Weigmann 2016:54 [ref. 34211], White et al. 2018:48 [ref. 35860], Fricke et al. 2018:19 [ref. 35805], White & Ko'ou 2018:13 [ref. 35922], Fricke et al. 2019:43 [ref. 36673], Psomadakis et al. 2020:162 [ref. 37272], Ebert et al. 2021:24 [ref. 38234], Ebert 2022:427 [ref. 39657]). Current status: Valid as Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker 1860. Centrophoridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar and Réunion (western Mascarenes) east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Vanuatu, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.