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 Loxodon macrorhinus Müller & Henle, 1839 Sliteye Shark Loxodon macrorhinus Müller & Henle, 1839: 61 , pl. 25. Holotype: ZMB 4479. Type locality: unknown (probably Indian Ocean). Local synonymy: Loxodon macrorhinus— Filewood, 1973 : 4 (PNG); Kailola, 1987 : 18 (Tuma Island; Orangerie Bay; Gulf of Papua); White et al. , 2018 : 168, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: None. Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973) . Recently observed in low numbers, probably due to their small size, off southern New Ireland and northern East New Britain in the catches of the target shark longline fishery; no specimens retained but vertebrae and genetic samples taken; identification confirmed with molecular data (S. Appleyard, unpubl. data). A photograph of a specimen caught as bycatch by a deepwater snapper fisher off Kavieng district, New Ireland , also verified as this species. Depth of capture not known but> 100 m depth.