vanrooyeni, Carcharhinus Smith [J. L. B.] 1958:12, Fig. [Veld & Vlei v. 3 (no. 9); ref. 12117] St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 175 (1). Described from several specimens and a figure; one specimen at SAIAB [formerly RUSI]. •Synonym of Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes or Müller & Henle 1839) -- (Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:106 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:478 [ref. 6846], Bass et al. 1986:73 [ref. 5638], Compagno & Niem 1998:1339 [ref. 23787], Carvalho & McEachran in Reis et al. 2003:14 [ref. 27061], Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:32 [ref. 27735], Voigt & Weber 2011:72 [ref. 31424], Kottelat 2013:21 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes 1839). Carcharhinidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.