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 Urogymnus asperrimus ( Bloch & Schneider, 1801 ) Porcupine Ray Raja asperrima Bloch & Schneider, 1801 : 367 . Holotype : ZMB 7836 (dry skin, partial specimen). Type locality: Mumbai , India . Local synonymy: Urogymnus africanus— Filewood, 1973 : 12 (PNG). Urogymnus asperrimus — Kailola, 1987 : 29 (New Britain; Yule Island; Bougainville); Allen, 1998 : 67 (Milne Bay); Allen et al. , 2003 : 112 (Milne Bay); Hamilton et al. , 2009 : 73 (northern Bismarck Archipelago); White et al. , 2018 : 266, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: (2 spec.) KFRS E.265 (dried jaws), adult male, New Britain , Sep. 1966 ; KFRS E.682, juvenile male 520 mm DW, Katatai, Western Province , 9°1’15.13” S , 143°20’30.6” E , 23 Oct. 2014 . Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973) as Urogymnus africanus , a junior synonym of U. asperrimus . Destroyed KFRS specimens were collected from Yule Island, Hall Sound and Bougainville .