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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journal article
30231
10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Alopias superciliosus
Lowe, 1841
Bigeye Thresher
Alopecias superciliosus
Lowe, 1841: 39
. Also Lowe, 1849: 18 (sometimes dated 1839).
Holotype
: whereabouts unknown.
Type
locality:
Madeira
,
Eastern
Atlantic.
Local synonymy:
White
et al.
, 2018
: 86, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material:
None.
Remarks:
Caught as bycatch in the pelagic longline fisheries in
PNG
; verified by photographs, with accompanying muscle and vertebral samples, from fisheries observers.