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 longimanus (Poey, 1861) Oceanic Whitetip Shark Squalus longimanus Poey, 1861: 338 , pl. 19 (figs 9, 10). No type known. Type locality: Cuba , Western Atlantic . Local synonymy: Carcharhinus maou— Filewood, 1973 : 7 (PNG). Carcharhinus longimanus— Kailola, 1987 : 17 (Kranket Island; Milne Bay); White et al. , 2018 : 150, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: None. Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973) as Carcharhinus maou (Lesson, 1829) , a junior synonym of C. longimanus . Records of Kranket Island and Milne Bay by Kailola (1987) based on two destroyed KFRS specimens (E.94, Kranket Island, Madang , Dec. 1962 ; E. 322, 2020 mm TL, Milne Bay district, 2 Aug. 1967 ).