fasciatus, Squalus Hermann [J.] (ex Seba) 1783:302, table at rear [Tabula affinitatum animalium olim academico specimine edita, nunc uberiore commentario illustrata com annotationibus ad historiam naturalem animalium augendam facientibus.; ref. 20759] No locality, probably Indonesia. Lectotype: whereabouts unknown. Based on Squalus varius of Seba 1759:105, Pl. 34 (fig. 1); in Latin only in table. Lectotype designated by Fricke 1999:13 [ref. 24106] as the specimen represented in Seba's 1759, Pl. 34, fig 1. •Synonym of Stegostoma varium (Seba 1759) -- (Dor 1984:4 [ref. 29757], Myers 1999:32 [ref. 23965], Goto 2001:83 [ref. 25912]). •Valid as Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann 1783) -- (Compagno 1984:200 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:8 [ref. 6441], Bass 1986:65 [ref. 5635], Allen & Swainston 1988:20 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:15 [ref. 15987], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:9 [ref. 20764], Last & Stevens 1994:139 [ref. 23873], Goren & Dor 1994:2 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:40 [ref. 23977], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:56 [ref. 27969], Chen et al. 1997:1 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:12 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:15 [ref. 25919], Compagno 1998:1262 [ref. 23785], Fricke 1999:13 [ref. 24106], Morón et al. 1999:144 [ref. 24253], Johnson 1999:720 [ref. 25471], Compagno 1999:477 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:121 [ref. 25086], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:85 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:13 [ref. 25847], Compagno 2001:186 [ref. 26323], Nakabo 2002:121 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:21 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S91 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:5 [ref. 27624] with Seba as author, Bonfil & Abdallah 2004:21 [ref. 27735], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:54 [ref. 28072] Randall 2005:9 [ref. 28239], Randall et al. 2005:117 [ref. 28745], Compagno et al. 2005:22 [ref. 29145], Hoese & Gates 2006:125 [ref. 28997], Kimura 2009:8 [ref. 30426], Fricke et al. 2011:344 [ref. 31242]). Current status: Valid as Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann 1783). Stegostomatidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius (Mascarenes) east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.