sinensis, Apristurus Chu [Y.-T.] & Hu [A.-S.] in Chu, Meng, Hu & Li 1981:103 [English p. 115], Fig. 1 (double) [Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica v. 12 (no. 2); ref. 4841] South China Sea, depth 537 meters. Holotype (unique): SCSFRI 99. •Valid as Apristurus sinensis Chu & Hu1981 -- (Compagno 1984:284 [ref. 6846], Compagno & Niem 1998:1285 [ref. 23787], Nakaya & Sato 1999:316 [ref. 23941], Nakaya & Séret 1999:307 [ref. 24247], Compagno 1999:478 [ref. 25589], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:579 [ref. 25122], Nakaya et al. 2008:68 [ref. 29711], Naylor et al. 2012:42 [ref. 32267] as cf. sinensis, see remarks, Iglesias 2013:517 [ref. 32534] as cf. sinensis, Nakaya et al. 2015:84 [ref. 34218] as cf. sinensis, Weigmann 2016:33 [ref. 34211], White et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35594], White et al. 2023:14 [ref. 40185]). Current status: Valid as Apristurus sinensis Chu & Hu 1981. Pentanchidae. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Madagascar, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand region. Habitat: marine.