An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ko’Ou, Alfred
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Cephaloscyllium stevensi
Clark & Randall, 2011
Steven’s Swellshark
Cephaloscyllium stevensi
Clark & Randall, 2011
: 25
,
Figs 2
–7. Holotype: USNM 359091. Type locality: east coast of PNG.
Local synonymy:
Cephaloscyllium stevensi
Clark & Randall, 2011
: 25
,
Figs 2
–7;
Ebert
et al.
, 2013
: 330, pl. 44 (Milne Bay and New Ireland);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 100, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(7 spec.)
CSIRO
H 6820-01, female
445 mm
TL,
New
Ireland
,
2°41’ S
,
150°31’ E
,
240–274 m
depth, between
October 1988
and
April 1995
;
NTUM 10323
, female
206 mm
TL, north of
Taviltae
,
Madang
,
4°31’ S
,
145°31’ E
,
380–382 m
depth,
17 Dec. 2012
;
NTUM 11495
, female
603 mm
TL, east of
Lat
,
East
New Britain
,
4°35’ S
,
152°25’ E
,
575–616 m
depth,
26 Apr. 2014
; USNM 329583, adult male
524 mm
TL,
USNM 358812
, adult male
543 mm
TL,
New
Ireland
,
2°41’ S
,
150°31’ E
,
240–274 m
depth, between
October 1988
and
April 1995
;
USNM 358814
(head only), female
660 mm
TL,
Milne Bay
,
10°15’ S
,
151°03’ E
,
17 Mar. 1993
;
USNM 359091
, adult female
586 mm
TL,
Milne Bay
,
10°15’ S
,
150°46.48’ E
,
244 m
depth,
15 Dec. 1993
.
Remarks:
Very similar to
Cephaloscyllium signourum
Last, Séret &
White, 2008
from
Queensland
,
Australia
but differ slightly in some morphological characters and also at a molecular level (NADH2 sequences, G. Naylor, unpubl. data). Endemic to
PNG
.