maximus, Squalus Gunnerus [J. E.] 1765:33, Pl. 2 [Der Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter v. 3; ref. 18172] Nordland County, northern Norway, Northeastern Atlantic. No types known. Original spelling as Sqvalus maximus due to classical typesetting. Lectotype selected by Fricke 1999:15 [ref. 24101] as the illustration of Gunnerus (1765: Pl. 2) [specimen not in existence]. •Valid as Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus 1765) -- (Baldwin 1961:476 [ref. 41519], Springer 1973:16 [ref. 7162], Springer & Gilbert 1976:47 [ref. 21287], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:28 [ref. 9277], Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:89 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:234 [ref. 6474], Nakaya in Masuda et al. 1984:8 [ref. 6441], Menni 1986:434 [ref. 11487], Bass 1986:101 [ref. 5635], Robins & Ray 1986:19 [ref. 23100], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Scott & Scott 1988:17 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:67 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:12 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:20 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:30 [ref. 14674], Springer 1990:86 [ref. 19319], Gomon et al. 1994:144 [ref. 22532], Last & Stevens 1994:159 [ref. 23873], Compagno et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:688 [ref. 22829], Cheng & Zhou 1997:21 [ref. 26385], Murdy et al. 1997:23 [ref. 23144], Santos et al. 1997:10 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:16 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:52 [ref. 23897], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:44 [ref. 24555], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:7 [ref. 24670], Compagno 1999:478 [ref. 25589], Fricke 1999:15 [ref. 24101], Brito M. 2000:4 [ref. 37223], Musick et al. 2000:8 [ref. 24959], Nakabo 2000:124 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:578 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:14 [ref. 25650], Hutchins 2001:13 [ref. 25847], Compagno 2001:91 [ref. 26323], Soto 2001:65, 88 [ref. 26637], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:10 [ref. 26753], Branstetter in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:32 [ref. 26158], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:81 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:124 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:57, 476 [ref. 26218], Compagno 2003:431 [ref. 26984], Gadig & Gomes in Menezes et al. 2003:25 [ref. 27192], Espinosa Pérez et al. 2004:81 [ref. 27705], Nelson et al. 2004:52 [ref. 27807], Compagno et al. 2005:17 [ref. 29145], Golani 2005:9 [ref. 37112], Love et al. 2005:5 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:97 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Gates 2006:74 [ref. 28997], Fricke 2007:25 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:12 [ref. 29533], White 2008:43 [ref. 30617], George 2009:34 [ref. 30539], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:6 [ref. 36649], Møller et al. 2010:16 [ref. 31169], Motomura et al. 2010:68 [ref. 31256], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:115 [ref. 31212], Castro 2011:249 [ref. 31457], Page et al. 2013:50 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32972], Ebert et al. 2013:311 [ref. 33045], Parin et al. 2014:18 [ref. 33547], Duffy 2015:69 [ref. 34217], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:106 [ref. 36167], Dyldin 2015:47 [ref. 34524], Pietsch & Orr 2015:13 [ref. 34694], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:75 [ref. 34398], Weigmann 2016:13 [ref. 34211], Compagno 2016:1238 [ref. 34544], Nión et al. 2016:19 [ref. 35565], Kells et al. 2016:64 [ref. 35888], Ebert et al. 2017:53 [ref. 35618], Biscoito et al. 2018:463 [ref. 37562], Dyldin & Orlov 2018:163 [ref. 35920], Ehemann et al. 2018:21 [ref. 36194], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:24 [ref. 36370], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:58 [ref. 37302], Burton & Lea 2019:27 [ref. 37205], Carneiro et al. 2019:19 [ref. 37250], Stone & Shimada 2019:633 [ref. 37195], Bariche & Fricke 2020:15 [ref. 37515], Calle-Morán et al. 2020:241 [ref. 37881], Kabasakal 2020:67 [ref. 37952], Kovačić et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37519], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Arroyo Martínez 2021:42 [ref. 38962], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:55 [ref. 38158], Ebert et al. 2021:43 [ref. 38234], Giovos et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38895], Golani 2021:6 [ref. 38303], González-Acosta et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38361], Kovačić et al. 2021:8 [ref. 39014], Love et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39279], Bañón & Mano 2022:8 [ref. 40121], Barone et al. 2022:12 [ref. 39527], Blanco-Parra & Niño-Torres 2022:Correction, p. 3 [ref. 38986], Ebert 2022:471 [ref. 39665], Fermon et al. 2022:92 [ref. 39448], Simian et al. 2022:373 [ref. 40776], Balàka et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40410], Borg et al. 2023:9 [ref. 42080], Carvalho-Filho 2023:295 [ref. 40480], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40663], Page et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40505], Shakman et al. 2023:463 [ref. 40810], Zakia 2023:349 [ref. 40493], Fricke et al. 2024:63 [ref. 41622], Leeney 2024:44 [ref. 40985], Semushin et al. 2025:5 [ref. 42082]). Current status: Valid as Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus 1765). Cetorhinidae. Distribution: Circumglobal but often antiequatorial (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, White Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea, South China Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan, Tasman Sea, Gulf of California/Mexico). IUCN (2021): Endangered. Habitat: marine.