rostratus, Scymnus Risso [A.] 1827:138, Pl. 3 (fig. 7) [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Valid as Somniosus rostratus (Risso 1827) -- (Krefft & Tortonese 1973:47 [ref. 7165], McEachran & Branstetter in Whitehead et al. 1984:144 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:106 [ref. 6474], Paulin et al. 1989:15 [ref. 24556], Compagno 1999:474 [ref. 25589], Nakabo 2000:147 [ref. 25086], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:173 [ref. 26753] dated to 1826, Nakabo 2002:147 [ref. 26001], Yano et al. 2004:369 [ref. 28078], Golani 2005:11 [ref. 37112], Castro 2011:135 [ref. 31457], Goren & Galil 2015:519 [ref. 33910], Dyldin 2015:56 [ref. 34524], Weigmann 2016:65 [ref. 34211], Bañón et al. 2016:299 [ref. 34397], Compagno 2016:1198 [ref. 34544], Biscoito et al. 2018:475 [ref. 37562], Almeida & Biscoito 2019:108 [ref. 37302], Carneiro et al. 2019:34 [ref. 37250], Capapé et al. 2020:476 [ref. 37994], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Hsu et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37776] in subgenus Rhinoscymnus, Bañón & Mano 2022:6 [ref. 40121], Golani 2021:8 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:13 [ref. 39014], Barone et al. 2022:35 [ref. 39527], Castillo Domínguez et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40663]). Current status: Valid as Somniosus rostratus (Risso 1827). Somniosidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: France south to Western Sahara. Habitat: marine.