Annotated checklist of the fishes of the archipelago of Madeira (NE Atlantic): I-Chondrichthyes Author Biscoito, Manuel Author Ribeiro, Cláudia Author Freitas, Mafalda text Zootaxa 2018 2018-06-07 4429 3 459 494 journal article 29945 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.3.2 afb60108-82be-4cff-9898-088349da5006 1175-5326 1285016 17EAB027-D9FB-4B8A-9847-3AA76EC96FCB Family Triakidae Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1819 —Caneja; Starry smooth-hound Compagno 1973 : 28; 1984b: 402 | Branstetter 1984b : 119 | Sanches 1986 : 68 | Lloris et al . 1991 : 233 | Wirtz et al 2008 : 3 | Carneiro et al 2014 : 11. Distribution in Macaronesia. possibly Madeira archipelago and Canary Islands ( Brito et al 2002 ; Brito Hernández & Sancho Rafel 2003). Remarks. Noronha & Sarmento (1934: 103) , recorded Mustelus vulgaris Müller & Henle 1839 . Since part of Müller & Henle’s species is considered as a synonym of M. mustelus and another part as a synonym of M. asterias and Noronha & Sarmento (1934) do not give any diagnostic characters, it is impossible to assign this record to any of the species in question. Compagno (1973) records M. asterias from Madeira , based on Fowler (1936: 61, as M. mustelus ) and Noronha & Sarmento 1948 : 97, 138, as M. mustelus ), influencing the subsequent records, all based in literature. As demonstrated in the remarks under M. mustelus in the present paper, Fowler’s and Noronha’s records were based on Vinciguerra’s ( 1882–83 ) specimens, which in turn should be considered as M. mustelus . Since no specimens or other material from Madeira were found in natural history museum collections, at this point, the presence of this species is considered as subject to confirmation.