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