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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Carcharhinus fitzroyensis
(Whitley, 1943)
Creek Whaler
Galeolamna
(
Uranganops
)
fitzroyensis
Whitley, 1943: 117
,
Fig. 2
.
Holotype
: AMS
IB
.
1229 (skin and teeth).
Type
locality:
Fitzroy River
estuary, Rockhampton,
Queensland
,
Australia
.
Local synonymy:
White
et al.
, 2018
: 144, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(3 spec.)
CSIRO
H 8023-01, juvenile male
760 mm
TL, east of Fly River mouth,
Gulf
of
Papua
,
8°17’40” S
,
144°15’49” E
,
17–24 m
depth,
2 Apr. 2015
;
KFRS
E.623, juvenile male
660 mm
TL, south of Kerema,
Gulf
of
Papua
,
8°3’2” S
,
145°43’10” E
,
13–16 m
depth,
1 Sep. 2015
;
KFRS
E.776 (dried jaws), no label on jaw but likely a previously registered specimen, new registration number allocated
April 2017
.
Remarks:
Previously thought to be an Australian endemic species. Caught in low numbers by coastal and prawn trawl fisheries in the
Western Province
and
Gulf
of
Papua
; probably restricted to these areas.