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 amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) Pigeye Shark Carcharias ( Prionodon ) amboinensis Müller & Henle, 1839: 40 , pl. 19 (teeth). Holotype : RMNH D2582 (skin). Type locality: Ambon Island , Indonesia. Local synonymy: Carcharhinus amboinensis— Filewood, 1973 : 5 (PNG); Kailola, 1987 : 16 (Binaturi River; Bougainville; Ramu River mouth; Yule Island; Bootless Bay; Port Moresby); Last & Stevens, 2009: 253 (PNG and Bougainville); White et al. , 2018 : 134, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: (5 spec.) KFRS E.019, Ramu River mouth, 18 Jul. 1965 ; KFRS E.031, Kairuku, Yule Island, 20 Oct. 1964 ; KFRS E.179, male, near McDhui wreck, Port Moresby , 26 Apr. 1965 ; KFRS E.368, Numa Numa, Bougainville , Aug. 1969 ; KFRS E.622, female 910 mm TL, Freshwater Bay, Gulf of Papua , 8°5’38” S , 145°50’37” E , 13–14 m depth, 30 Aug. 2015 . Remarks: First recorded by Filewood (1973) with dried jaws from his collection collected in the mid-1960s. Recorded in the coastal and trawl fisheries catches in southern PNG (Daru to Milne Bay ).