waitei, Centrophorus Thompson [E. F.] 1930:277, Pl. 44 [Records of the Canterbury Museum v. 3; ref. 16214] Off Kaikoura, New Zealand, deep water. Holotype (unique): CMC 179. Additional: NMNZ P.20517 [ex CMC 179] (slides). Type catalog: Hardy 1990:5 [ref. 18942], Freeman & Tunnicliffe 1997:5 [ref. 22860]. •Synonym of Centroscymnus plunketi (Waite 1910) -- (Compagno 1984:60 [ref. 6474], Paxton et al. 1989:33 [ref. 12442], Last & Stevens 1994:67 [ref. 23873], Hoese & Gates 2006:142 [ref. 28997], Stewart & Last 2015:155 [ref. 34225]). •Synonym of Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan 1906) -- (Vaz 2021:[4] [ref. 38261]). Current status: Synonym of Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan 1906). Somniosidae. Habitat: marine.