minor, Squalus carcharias var. Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:20, viii [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Dor 1984:6 [ref. 29757], Fricke 2008:9 [ref. 30182], Kottelat 2013:21 [ref. 32989] with question, Golani & Fricke 2018:11 [ref. 36273]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Carcharhinidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.