formosa, Squatina Shen [S.-C.] & Ting [W.-H.] 1972:21, Fig. 4 [Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) v. 11 (no. 1); ref. 7645] Tung-kong [Tongkang], 20°28'N, 120°26.3'E, Pingtung, southwestern Taiwan, depth 180 meters. Holotype: NTT 7213130 [now NTUM 01329]. Paratypes: NTUM 7041631-32 (1, 1), 7222433 (1). Type catalog: Ho & Shao 2011:19 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Squatina formosa Shen & Ting 1972 -- (Compagno 1984:146 [ref. 6474], Compagno 1999:475 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:581 [ref. 25122], Compagno et al. 2005:56 [ref. 29145], Walsh & Ebert 2007:35 [ref. 29245] with paratypes as nebulosa, Kriwet et al. 2010:117 [ref. 30825], Walsh 2011:58 [ref. 31151], Ho & Shao 2011:19 [ref. 31432], Yamashita et al. 2012:127 [ref. 32408], Theiss & Ebert 2013:83 [ref. 33034], Ebert et al. 2013:300 [ref. 33045], Weigmann 2016:70 [ref. 34211], Acero P. et al. 2016:583 [ref. 34531], Hata et al. 2022:40 [ref. 39890]). Current status: Valid as Squatina formosa Shen & Ting 1972. Squatinidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan north to Kagoshima Prefecture (Japan). Habitat: marine.