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
30231
10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Hemitriakis
sp. 1
Papuan Houndshark
Local synonymy:
White
et al.
, 2018
: 118, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material:
None.
Remarks:
First record for this genus in
PNG
waters; verified from photograph taken from a specimen caught and released off northern
New
Ireland
in 2015. Possibly conspecific with an undescribed species from off Ghizo Island in the northern
Solomon Islands
. Although a genetic sample was retained from the two
Solomon Islands
specimens (Global Cestode Database www.tapewormdb.uconn.edu; G. Naylor, unpubl. data), no specimens were retained. Specimens required to confirm if the
Solomon Islands
and
PNG
individuals are conspecific and to describe the species.