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 Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus White, Last & Baje, 2015b Bluebanded Eagle Ray Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus White, Last & Baje, 2015b: 5 , Figs 2 –5a, 6–7, 11–12. Holotype: CSIRO H 6629-01. Type locality: bay south of Eagle Point anchorage, Western Australia. Local synonymy: Aetomylaeus nichofii— Filewood, 1973 : 14 (PNG); Kailola, 1987 : 33 (Gulf of Papua; Orangerie Bay). Aetomylaeus caeruleofasciatus White et al. , 2015b: 94 , fig. 12 (Gulf of Papua); White & Last, 2016a : 710 (southern New Guinea); White et al. , 2018 : 276, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: (26 spec.) CSIRO H 7813-01, female 370 mm DW, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°10’18” S , 145°58’37” E , 24–25 m depth, 27 Nov. 2014 ; CSIRO H 7818-01, juvenile male 200 mm DW, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°11’ S , 146°1’ E , 19–20 m depth, 29 Nov. 2014 ; CSIRO H 7831-01, juvenile male 200 mm DW, south of Deception Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°10’56” S , 144°27’8” E , 25–31 m depth, 10 Dec. 2014 ; CSIRO H 8004-01, juvenile male 250 mm DW, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°9’31.62” S , 146°1’38.04” E , 16 m depth, 24 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8012-03, juvenile male 340 mm DW, west of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°20’38.46” S , 146°12’46.38” E , 12–14 m depth, 27 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8015-01, female 240 mm DW, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°9’9” S , 145°59’50.46” E , 15–16 m depth, 29 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8018-01, female 270 mm DW, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°9’9.78” S , 145°59’2.22” E , 15–18 m depth, 30 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8027-01, juvenile male 260 mm DW, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°13’5” S , 146°5’23” E , 7–15 m depth, 10 Apr. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8109-01 (dried tooth plates), adult male 480 mm DW, west of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°16’ S , 146°10’ E , 24–26 m depth, 28 Nov. 2014 ; CSIRO H 8150-01 (jaws and claspers), adult male 430 mm DW, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°4’ S , 145°43’ E , 16–20 m depth, 30 Nov. 2014 ; KFRS E.305 (dried jaws), Orangerie Bay , Jun. 1967 ; KFRS E.533 (2 spec.), juvenile male 224 mm DW, adolescent male 320 mm DW, no collection data; KFRS E.605, female 260 mm DW, west of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°20’14.52” S , 146°12’31.68” E , 12–14 m depth, 27 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.606, female 240 mm DW, west of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°20’19.8” S , 146°12’30.12” E , 9–10 m depth, 28 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.608, female 260 mm DW, southeast of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°3’58.14” S , 145°46’38.64” E , 15–16 m depth, 30 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.624, adolescent male 370 mm DW, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°7’33” S , 146°0’24” E , 12–13 m depth, 3 Sep. 2015 ; KFRS E.644, adult male 480 mm DW, south of Deception Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°1’53” S , 144°38’21” E , 21–24 m depth, 6 Apr. 2015 ; KFRS E.652 ( paratype , field code 210356 ), adult male 450 mm DW, southwest of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°5’19” S , 145°36’27” E , 18–19 m depth, 24 Nov. 2014 ; KFRS E.659 ( paratype , field code 210386 ), adult male 430 mm DW, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°6’24” S , 145°40’6” E , 20 m depth, 24 Nov. 2014 ; KFRS E.701 ( paratype , field code 220477 ), female 220 mm DW, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°6’39.6” S , 145°53’57” E , 15–19 m depth, 19 Jun. 2014 ; KFRS E.724 ( paratype , field code 220559 ), female 230 mm DW, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°6’57.6” S , 145°52’1.2” E , 14–17 m depth, 8 Jun. 2014 ; KFRS E.736 ( paratype , field code 220600 ), female 220 mm DW, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°4’22.2” S , 145°46’5.4” E , 18–20 m depth, 12 Jun. 2014 ; KFRS E.778, female 247 mm DW, KFRS E.779, juvenile male 225 mm DW, KFRS E.780, juvenile male 302 mm DW, no label, new registration number allocated April 2017 , no collection data. Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973) . Previously considered conspecific with Aetomylaeus nichofii ( Bloch & Schneider, 1801 ) , but recently separated as a distinct species. Common in the bycatch of the Gulf of Papua prawn trawl fishery.