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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Squalus crassispinus
Last, Edmunds & Yearsley, 2007
Fatspine Spurdog
Squalus crassispinus
Last, Edmunds & Yearsley, 2007
: 11
,
Figs 1
–4. Holotype: CSIRO H 2547-06. Type locality: North West Cape, Western Australia.
Local synonymy:
Squalus
sp.—
Fricke
et al.
, 2014
: 14 (Madang Province);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 36, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(3 spec.)
CAS
66115, female
655 mm
TL, south of
Pig Island
,
Madang
,
5°10.41’ S
,
145°50.46’ E
,
300 m
depth,
17 May 1987
;
NTUM 10301
, female
671 mm
TL,
Bismarck Sea
,
13 Dec. 2012
;
QM I 21399, adult male
483 mm
TL, off
Lae
, Huon
Gulf
,
Nov. 1984
.
Remarks:
First record of this species in
PNG
and deepest record for this species. Previously considered an Australian endemic, known from off the North West Shelf in
Western
Australia
at depths of
187–262 m
(Last & Stevens, 2009). These specimens represent the largest specimens known for this species; previously
580 mm
TL. CO1 sequences of the NTUM specimen confirm the identification of this species (Wei-Jen Chen, unpubl. data).