Type locality, off Raoul I., Kermadec Is., at 320 m, NMNZ P 41678 (holotype of Squalus raoulensis, 65.1 cm TL, adult male). This species is known only from the upper insular slope west of Napier Island (off Raoul Island) and north of Raoul Island on the Kermadec Ridge; not found from the Kermadec Ridge south of Raoul I. (Ref. 58439).