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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1
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journal article
30231
10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Sphyrna mokarran
(Rüppell, 1837)
Great Hammerhead
Zygaena
mokarran
Rüppell, 1837: 66
, pl. 17 (fig. 3).
Lectotype
:
SMF 3590
(stuffed);
lectotype
designation by
Klausewitz (1960)
.
Type
locality:
Massawa
,
Eritrea
,
Red Sea
.
Local synonymy:
Sphyrna
tudes—
Filewood, 1973
: 2 (PNG).
Sphyrna
mokarran—
Kailola, 1987
: 21 (western Papua; Hall Sound; Port Moresby; Bootless Bay; Salamaua);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 188, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(2 spec.)
KFRS
E.176 (dried jaws), Tatana, Fairfax Harbour,
Port Moresby
,
7 Oct. 1965
;
KFRS
E.259 (dried jaws), Kanudi Bay,
Port Moresby
,
4 Aug. 1966
.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by
Filewood (1973)
as
S. tudes
(=
mokarran
). Recorded from prawn trawl fishery bycatch and from coastal fisheries catches during recent surveys, but in low numbers.