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
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journal article
30231
10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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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
).