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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1
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journal article
30231
10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Etmopterus evansi
Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
Blackmouth Lanternshark
Etmopterus evansi
Last, Burgess & Séret 2002
: 214
,
Figs 2c
, 4c, 6c, 8c. Holotype: CSIRO H 3141-16. Type locality: off Rowley Shoals, Western Australia.
Local synonymy:
Etmopterus evansi
—White
et al.
, 2017c: 339, Figs 11b, 12 (
Madang
and
Manus
Provinces);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 52, figs (
PNG
).
PNG
voucher material:
(4 spec.)
ASIZ
P. P0080732, adult male
343 mm
TL, west of
Manus
Island,
679–685 m
depth,
29 Sep. 2010
;
ASIZ
P. P0080733, female
177 mm
TL, Astrolabe Bay,
Madang
,
608–610 m
depth,
5 Oct. 2010
;
NTUM
10312, juvenile male
172 mm
TL, Astrolabe Bay,
Madang
,
520–575m
depth,
14 Dec. 2012
;
NTUM
10317, male
299 mm
TL, east of Cape Croisiles,
Madang
,
680–689 m
depth,
16 Dec. 2012
;.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by White
et al.
(2017c) based on four specimens collected from deepwater. Previously known from northwestern
Australia
and eastern
Indonesia
at depths of
430–555 m
, thus represent the deepest records for this species (to
689 m
depth).