Species that contain: Squalus and megalops [ 5 ] records

acutipinnis, Squalus Regan [C. T.] 1908:248, Pl. 37 [Annals of the Natal Government Museum v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 14355] Southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: BMNH 1905.6.8.8. Paralectotypes: (not Squalus acutipinnis) BMNH 1859.5.7.68 (1) Cape of Good Hope, 1900.11.6.14 (1) Table Bay, BMNH 1881.3.11.2 (1, stuffed and mounted) Mauritius. Lectotype selected by Krefft (1968). •Synonym of Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) -- (Compagno 1984:118 [ref. 6474], Bass et al. 1986:62 [ref. 5636], Compagno et al. 1991:68 [ref. 21083], Fricke 1999:27 [ref. 24106], Weigmann 2016:68 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Squalus acutipinnis Regan 1908 -- (Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:224 [ref. 36138], Ebert et al. 2010:23 [ref. 30955], Viana et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34525], Viana & Carvalho 2016:540 [ref. 34673], Viana et al. 2017:[3] [ref. 35249], Viana et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35600], Viana & Carvalho 2018:628 [ref. 36320], Ebert et al. 2021:21 [ref. 38234], Ebert 2022:421 [ref. 39657], Fricke et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40338], Leeney 2024:16 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Squalus acutipinnis Regan 1908. Squalidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa north to Mozambique, east to Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius). Habitat: marine.

brevirostris, Squalus Tanaka [S.] 1917:464, Pls. 129 (362-363), 130 (364) [Figures and descriptions of the fishes of Japan v. 26; ref. 14910] Tokyo fish market, probably from Shimonoseki, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 7630. Paratypes: ZUMT 2406 (1, lost), 3715 (1, lost), 6046 (1, lost), 6047 (1), 6048 (1). Type catalog: Aizawa et al. 2022:199 [ref. 39648]. •Questionably a synonym of Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) -- (Compagno 1984:118 [ref. 6474]). •Valid as Squalus brevirostris Tanaka 1917 -- (Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:10 [ref. 6441], Chen et al. 1997:6 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:38 [ref. 26385], Compagno 1999:472 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:155 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:581 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:289 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:155 [ref. 26001], Duffy & Last 2007:36 [ref. 29127], White et al. 2007:107 [ref. 29133], Ebert et al. 2010:23 [ref. 30955], White & Iglésias 2011:2 [ref. 31482], Yamashita et al. 2012:127 [ref. 32408], Ebert et al. 2013:285 [ref. 33045], Shinohara et al. 2014:233 [ref. 33330], Weigmann 2016:67 [ref. 34211], Viana et al. 2016:4 [ref. 34525] dated 1912, Viana & Carvalho 2016:552 [ref. 34673], Viana et al. 2017:[3] [ref. 35249], Motomura et al. 2017:23 [ref. 35490], Kim et al. 2020:41 [ref. 39118], Viana & Carvalho 2020:293 [ref. 37573]). Current status: Valid as Squalus brevirostris Tanaka 1917. Squalidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China and Taiwan east to Philippines, north to southern Korea and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

megalops, Acanthias Macleay [W.] 1881:367 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 6 (pt 2); ref. 6222] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia [Tasman Sea, southwestern Pacific]. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16255-001 [ex MAMU F24]. Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:205 [ref. 19518]. Last et al. 2007:22 [ref. 29125] question the conspecific nature of included populations. Some references to Squalus megalops and Squalus acutipinnis are this species. •Valid as Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) -- (Compagno 1984:118 [ref. 6474], Bass et al. 1986:62 [ref. 5636], Paxton et al. 1989:37 [ref. 12442], Muñoz-Chápuli & Ramos 1989:6 [ref. 12577], Springer 1990:13 [ref. 19315], Compagno et al. 1991:68 [ref. 21083], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:84 [ref. 25472], Gomon et al. 1994:106 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:99 [ref. 23873], Compagno & Niem 1998:1230 [ref. 23787], Fricke 1999:27 [ref. 24106], Compagno 1999:472 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:581 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:492 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:15 [ref. 25847], Choi et al. 2003:60, 478 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S93 [ref. 27377], Baranes 2003:42 [ref. 27888], Randall et al. 2004:5 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:53 [ref. 28072], Shinohara et al. 2005:396 [ref. 28370], Compagno et al. 2005:49 [ref. 29145] as cf. melalops, Hoese 2006:155 [ref. 28998], Last et al. 2007:17 [ref. 29125], Duffy & Last 2007:36 [ref. 29127], White et al. 2007:107 [ref. 29133], White et al. 2007:110, 114 [ref. 29134], White 2008:84 [ref. 30617], Fricke et al. 2009:11 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:346 [ref. 31242], White & Iglésias 2011:2 [ref. 31482], Naylor et al. 2012:58 [ref. 32267] see remarks, Weigmann 2016:68 [ref. 34211], Viana et al. 2016:4, 81 [ref. 34525], Compagno 2016:1162 [ref. 34544], Viana & Carvalho 2016:552 [ref. 34673], Nión et al. 2016:21 [ref. 35565], Viana et al. 2017:[4] [ref. 35249], Freitas et al. 2018:69 [ref. 36259], Kumar et al. 2018:295 [ref. 36178], Pfleger et al. 2018:113 [ref. 36011], Viana & Carvalho 2018:174 [ref. 35959], Carneiro et al. 2019:39 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:18 [ref. 38139], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Kovačić et al. 2021:13 [ref. 39014], Barone et al. 2022:37 [ref. 39527], Fermon et al. 2022:100 [ref. 39448], Fricke et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40338], Sweta et al. 2024:67 [ref. 41312]). Current status: Valid as Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881). Squalidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas, discontinuous: Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic and western Indian Ocean: Cape Verde Islands, South Africa and East Africa to Madagascar and Mascarenes; eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Islands, southern Australia; southwestern Pacific: southeastern Australia, New Caledonia and Solomon Islands; northwestern Pacific: Vietnam to Korea and southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

probatovi, Squalus Myagkov [N. A.] & Kondyurin [V. V.] 1986:567 [10] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 26 (no. 4); ref. 8063] Off Cunene [Kunene] River, Angola, southeastern Attlantic. Holotype (unique): ZMMU P-15991 (embryo). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:13 [ref. 25714]. On p. 10 of English translation. •Questionably a synonym of Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) -- (Compagno et al. 1991:68 [ref. 21083]). •Questionably valid as Squalus probatovi Myagkov & Kondyurin 1986 -- (Compagno 1999:472 [ref. 25589]). •Synonym of Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) -- (Vasil'eva et al. 2001:13 [ref. 25714], Weigmann 2016:68 [ref. 34211]). •Valid as Squalus probatovi Myagkov & Kondyurin 1986 -- (Gubanov & Timoxin 1989:224 [ref. 36138] with authors as Kondyurin & Myagkov 1984, Viana & Carvalho 2018:619 [ref. 36320], Fricke et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40338]). Current status: Valid as Squalus probatovi Myagkov & Kondyurin 1986. Squalidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Angola; southwestern Indian Ocean: South Africa and Mozambique to Madagascar. Habitat: marine.

tasmaniensis, Squalus Howell Rivero [L.] 1936:267, Pl. 10 [Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 8; ref. 18314] Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Holotype (unique): MCZ 146-S. •Synonym of Squalus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder 1903 -- (Compagno 1984:121 [ref. 6474] with question, Paxton et al. 1989:37 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) -- (Last & Stevens 1994:100 [ref. 23873], Hoese 2006:155 [ref. 28998]). •Synonym of Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758 -- (White et al. 2007:112 [ref. 29134], Dyldin 2015:57 [ref. 34524], Viana et al. 2016:9, 31 [ref. 34525]). Current status: Synonym of Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758. Squalidae. Habitat: marine.