| Citation | Compagno, L.J.V., 1984, FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes.. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO. |
| Ref. | 247 Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 |
| Page | 98 |
| Named Used as Valid | Scymnodon obscurus |
| Comment | trophic ecology; comnames; |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Western Atlantic: northern Gulf of Mexico, Suriname, and southern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Faeroe Ridge to Madeira, Morocco, Cape Verde, Senegal, and northwest Africa. |
| Quote | Very close to Scymnodon squamulosus and might be a junior synonym of it (Ref. 247). |