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 1 1 82 journal article 30231 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1 abf8082d-c179-4cb2-acc4-3cdef16c4341 1175-5326 1221878 255EE06E-3171-41F3-BB3D-E7D29537A292 Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharias melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824: 194 , pl. 43 (figs 1, 2). Lectotype: MNHN 0000-1129; lectotype designation by Eschmeyer (1998) . Type locality: Pulau Waigeo, West Papua, Indonesia. Local synonymy: Carcharias melanopterus— Peters, 1877: 853 (New Ireland). Carcharhinus spallanzani— Munro, 1958: 112 (Bostrem Bay, Milne Bay Province, New Ireland, New Britain); Munro, 1967: 11, pl. 1, fig. 13 (New Guinea). Carcharhinus melanopterus— Filewood, 1973 : 5 (PNG); Kailola, 1987 : Manus Island; New Britain; Salamaua; Hula Bay; Gulf of Papua; Port Moresby area); Gochfeld, 1996 : 43 (southern New Ireland); Allen, 1998 : 67 (Milne Bay); Allen et al. , 2003 : 112 (Milne Bay); Baine & Harasti, 2007 : 93 (Bootless Bay); Hamilton et al. , 2009 : 73 (northern Bismarck Archipelago); Drew et al. , 2012 : 5 (Bootless Bay); White et al. , 2018 : 154, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: (5 spec.) CSIRO C57, male embryo 473 mm TL, Koke village , Port Moresby , 11 Nov. 1948 ; KFRS E.007 (dried jaws), female, Taurama Beach , Port Moresby , ~ 9°31’48.05” S , 147°14’48.41” E , 12 Dec. 1963 ; KFRS E.318 (dried jaws), Tuma Island , Trobriand Islands , 25 Jul. 1967 ; ZMB 12711, female ~ 555 mm TL, Port Moresby , [ 1880–1884 ] ; ZMB unreg. (chondrocranium and vertebral column only), ~ 650 mm TL, Astrolabe Bay , Madang , 1909 or 1910. Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Peters (1877) from off New Ireland . Commonly observed over shallow coastal reefs. Common catch of coastal fisheries.