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
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10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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Centrophorus atromarginatus
Garman, 1913
Dwarf Gulper Shark
Centrophorus atromarginatus
Garman, 1913
: 200
, pl. 13, figs 1–4. Holotype: MCZ 1117-S, Suruga Gulf, Japan; type was erroneously re-catalogued as MCZ 1455-S (
Hartel & Dingerkus, 1997
).
Local synonymy:
White
et al.
, 2018
: 42, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(5 spec.)
CAS
64520 (2 spec.), female
433 mm
TL, adult male
564 mm
TL, southwest of
Bil Bil Island
, north of
Gogol River
,
Bismarck Sea
,
5°18’ S
,
145°46’ E
,
10 May 1987
;
CSIRO
H 8101-01, female
710 mm
TL, off
Lae
, Huon
Gulf
,
6°44.22’ S
,
147°7.55’ E
,
430 m
depth,
3 Nov. 2016
;
QM I 21400, female
574 mm
TL, off
Lae
, Huon
Gulf
,
300 m
depth,
Nov. 1984
;
USNM 295139
, adolescent male
640 mm
TL, southwest of
Bil Bil Island
, north of
Gogol River
,
Bismarck Sea
,
5°18’ S
,
145°46’ E
,
183 m
depth,
10 May 1987
.
Remarks:
Compagno & Niem (1998a)
first documented this species from off northern
PNG
. Found to be a common catch in deepwater off Lae during recent fish surveys using rod and line (F. Neira, MARSCCO, pers. comm.) in
November 2016
. Has previously been referred to as
Centrophorus armatus
elsewhere (e.g.
Chen & Cheng, 1982
) so earlier records of
C. armatus
in
PNG
(
Filewood, 1973
) may refer to this species.