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 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.