An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ko’Ou, Alfred
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
4411
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journal article
30231
10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Apristurus yangi
White, Mana & Naylor, 2017e
Yang’s Longnose Catshark
Apristurus yangi
White, Mana & Naylor, 2017e: 25
,
Figs 1
–6.
Holotype
:
ASIZ
P0080718.
Type
locality:
Vitiaz Strait
,
Morobe Province
,
PNG
Local synonymy:
White
et al.
, 2017e: 25,
Figs 1
–6 (
New
Ireland
and Vitiaz Strait);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 106, figs (
PNG
).
PNG
voucher material:
(2 spec.)
ASIZ
P0080718 (
holotype
), adult female
437 mm
TL, Vitiaz Strait,
Morobe Province
,
06°02.030' S
,
147°37.490' E
,
700–701 m
depth,
7 Oct. 2010
;
NTUM
11491, female
205 mm
TL, northwest of Kavieng,
New
Ireland
,
02°20' S
,
150°38' E
,
630–786 m
depth,
29 Aug. 2014
.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by White
et al.
(2017e); belongs to the
longicephalus
-group of the genus
Apristurus
. Endemic to
PNG
.