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 Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell 1837) Whitetip Reef Shark Carcharias obesus Rüppell, 1837: 64 , pl. 18 (fig. 2). Lectotype: SMF 3149 (stuffed); lectotype designation by Klausewitz (1960) . Type locality: Jeddah , Saudi Arabia , Red Sea. Local synonymy: Triaenodon apicalis— Munro, 1958: 113 (Milne Bay Province); Munro, 1967: 11, pl. 1, fig. 11 (New Guinea). Triaenodon obesus— Filewood, 1973 : 3 (PNG); Compagno, 1984 : 537 (New Guinea); Allen, 1998 : 67 (Milne Bay); Baine & Harasti, 2007 : 93, fig. (Bootless Bay); Hamilton et al. , 2009 : 73 (northern Bismarck Archipelago); Drew et al. , 2012 : 5 (Bootless Bay); Fricke et al. , 2014 : 14 (Madang); White et al. , 2018 : 180, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: (4 spec.) CSIRO C 271, female embryo 473 mm TL, shoal between Cannac Island & Wabomat Island, Laughlan Island Group, Milne Bay Province , 09°18’ S , 153°40’ E , 17 Oct. 1949 ; KFRS E.269 (dried jaws), female 1080 mm TL, New Britain area, Sep. 1966 ; KFRS E.340, Main Reef, Fishermans Island, Port Moresby , 24 Nov. 1968 ; KFRS E.629, east of Nago Island, Kavieng, New Ireland , 02°35’47.8” S , 150°45’7.42 E , 40 m depth, 30 Sep. 2015 . Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Munro (1958) from the Milne Bay region. Very common reef species throughout PNG , often seen by divers; evidence of local depletion in a number of areas.