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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Rhizoprionodon taylori
(Ogilby, 1915)
Australian Sharpnose Shark
Physodon taylori
Ogilby, 1915: 117
. Holotype: QM I.738 [not QM I.4539], apparently lost. Type locality: Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Local synonymy:
Rhizoprionodon
taylori—
Filewood, 1973
: 4 (PNG);
Kailola, 1987
: 18 (Western Papua to Yule Island; Madang?); Last & Stevens, 2009: 284 (PNG);
Ebert
et al.
, 2013
: 498, pl. 73 (PNG);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 178, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(23 spec.)
CSIRO
H 7612-03, female
420 mm
TL, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°1’12” S
,
145°42’2.4” E
,
13–14 m
depth,
21 Jun. 2014
;; CSIRO H 7814-08, male
360 mm
TL, CSIRO H 7814- 0 9, male
360 mm
TL,
CSIRO
H 7814-11, pregnant female
580 mm
TL, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°3’1.2” S
,
145°45’7.2” E
,
16–17 m
depth,
20 Jun. 2014
;
KFRS
E.260 (12 embryos),
28–90 mm
TL,
Fairfax Harbour
,
Port Moresby
,
7 Aug. 1965
;
KFRS
E.279A, juvenile male
230 mm
TL, north of
Yule Island
,
Central Province
,
Apr. 1966
;
KFRS
E.653, female
560 mm
TL, south of
Deception Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°1’23” S
,
144°36’37” E
,
21–22 m
depth,
29 Nov. 2014
;
KFRS
E.675, female
540 mm
TL, east of
Fly River
mouth,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°9’5” S
,
144°26’53” E
,
22–24 m
depth,
9 Dec. 2014
;
KFRS
E.698, female
580 mm
TL, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°2’3.6” S
,
145°44’12” E
,
16 m
depth,
17 Jun. 2014
;
KFRS
E.702, male
560 mm
TL,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°6’39.6” S
,
145°53’57” E
,
15–19 m
depth,
19 Jun. 2014
;
KFRS
E.706, male
450 mm
TL, south of
Kerema
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°4’25.3” S
,
145°44’36” E
,
18–21 m
depth,
11 Jun. 2014
;
KFRS
E.711, female
340 mm
TL,
Freshwater Bay
,
Gulf
of Papua,
8°6’4.2” S
,
145°53’12.6” E
,
13 m
depth,
16 Jun. 2014
.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by
Filewood (1973)
, listed as uncommon. Very abundant in the bycatch of the
Gulf
of Papua prawn trawl fishery. Small species with most size classes not large enough to get caught in gillnets targeting barramundi.