An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ko’Ou, Alfred
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Hemigaleus australiensis
White, Last & Compagno, 2005
Sicklefin Weasel Shark
Hemigaleus australiensis
White, Last & Compagno, 2005: 40
,
Fig. 1
. Holotype: CSIRO H 5949-01. Type locality: northwest of Geraldton, Western Australia.
Local synonymy:
Negogaleus microstoma
-
Filewood, 1973
: 3 (PNG).
Hemigaleus
microstoma—
Kailola, 1987
: 20 (western Papua; Gulf of Papua; Orangerie Bay; New Britain?);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 122, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(26 spec.)
CSIRO
H 7810-03, female
310 mm
TL, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°2’55.8” S
,
145°44’57” E
,
14–16 m
depth,
19 Jun. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 7819-01, female
420 mm
TL, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°03’ S
,
145°46’ E
,
18–22 m
depth,
30 Nov. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 7832-01, female
480 mm
TL, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°8’20” S
,
144°24’53” E
,
17–20 m
depth,
11 Dec. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 7834- 0 2, female
500 mm
TL, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°1’54” S
,
144°39’13” E
,
22–25 m
depth,
15 Dec. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 8003-01, female
380 mm
TL,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°9’15.54” S
,
146°02’49.1” E
,
12– 14 m
depth,
24 Aug. 2015
;
CSIRO
H 8017-01, female
290 mm
TL,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°6’1.56” S
,
145°50’16.02” E
,
13–16 m
depth,
30 Aug. 2015
;
CSIRO
H 8019-01, female
310 mm
TL, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°2’49.5” S
,
145°43’41.34” E
,
17–19 m
depth,
31 Aug. 2015
;
CSIRO
H 8165-01 (dried jaws), female
500 mm
TL, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°2’8” S
,
144°38’33” E
,
22 m
depth,
14 Dec. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 8168-01 (dried jaws and chondrocranium), adult male
720 mm
TL, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°0’ S
,
144°27’ E
,
19–21 m
depth,
9 Dec. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 8158-01 (dried jaws), juvenile female
580 mm
TL, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°5’50” S
,
145°39’11” E
,
16–17 m
depth,
22 Nov. 2014
;
CSIRO
H 8162-01 (dried jaws), adult male
650 mm
TL, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°4’26” S
,
145°40’55” E
,
17–20 m
depth,
7 Sep. 2015
;
KFRS
E.041 (dried jaws),
Kairuku
,
Central
Province
, late
Oct. 1964
;
KFRS
E.223A and E.223B (dried jaws),
Gulf
of Papua
,
Feb. 1966
;
KFRS
E.304 (dried jaws),
Orangerie Bay
,
Jun. 1967
;
KFRS
E.600, juvenile male
270 mm
TL,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°9’31.62” S
,
146°1’38.04” E
,
16 m
depth,
24 Aug. 2015
; KFRS E.626, female
360 mm
TL,
KFRS
E.627, female
310 mm
TL,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°6’1.56” S
,
145°50’16.02” E
,
13– 16 m
depth,
30 Aug. 2015
;
KFRS
E.631, female
470 mm
TL,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°8’6.66” S
,
145°59’23.58” E
,
14–19 m
depth,
24 Aug. 2015
;
KFRS
E.667, female
460 mm
TL,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°8’ S
,
146°1’ E
,
14–15 m
depth,
29 Nov. 2014
;
KFRS
E.672, male
560 mm
TL,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°8’19.2” S
,
145°57’4.2” E
,
14–18 m
depth,
14 Jun. 2014
;
KFRS
E.674, male
560 mm
TL, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°9’5” S
,
144°26’53” E
,
22–24 m
depth,
9 Dec. 2014
;
KFRS
E.743, adult male
740 mm
TL, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°8’ S
,
144°27’ E
,
17–18 m
depth,
9 Dec. 2014
;
KFRS
E.755, female
300 mm
TL, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°2’16” S
,
144°38’26” E
,
22–23 m
depth,
15 Dec. 2014
;
KFRS
E.756, female
290 mm
TL, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°4’23” S
,
144°38’55” E
,
22–31 m
depth,
14 Dec. 2014
;
KFRS
E.767, male
520 mm
TL, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°8’14” S
,
144°29’13” E
,
21– 22 m
depth,
14 Dec. 2014
.
Remarks:
Once considered to be conspecific with
Hemigaleus microstoma
Bleeker, 1852
which occurs in the
Western
Central
Pacific. White
et al.
(2005) noted that its presence in
PNG
needs validating. Restricted to northern
Australia
and
PNG
; possibly restricted to the southern coast from
Western Province
through to Orangerie Bay.