caribbaeus, Oxynotus Cervigón [F.] 1961:3, Figs. 1-4 [Novedades Cientificas, Contribuciones Ocasionales del Museo de Historia Natural La Salle, Serie Zoológica No. 27; ref. 9304] About 60 miles north of la Blanquilla Island, Venezuela, depth 250 fathoms. Holotype (unique): MOBR-EDIMAY-P-1885. Type catalog: Lasso et al. 1999:108 [ref. 33859]. •Valid as Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigón 1961 -- (Compagno 1984:126 [ref. 6474], Cervigón 1992:182 [ref. 23827], Espinosa Pérez & Huidobro Campos 1995:115 [ref. 22757], Cervigón & Alcalá 1999:119 [ref. 24490], Compagno 1999:474 [ref. 25589], Yano & Matsuura 2002:109 [ref. 26346], Yano et al. 2002:363 [ref. 26798], Compagno 2003:408 [ref. 26984], Azevedo et al. 2003:117 [ref. 27250], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27705], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:15 [ref. 28815], Castro 2011:138 [ref. 31457], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:63 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:62 [ref. 34211], Ehemann et al. 2018:23 [ref. 36194], Ehemann et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 36861], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 2 [ref. 38986], Page et al. 2023:42 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigón 1961. Oxynotidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic:Yucatán (Mexico) south to Venezuela (Caribbean Sea). Habitat: marine.