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 Alopias pelagicus Nakamura, 1935 Pelagic Thresher Alopias pelagicus Nakamura, 1935: 2 , 3, pl. 1, fig. 2. Syntypes : whereabouts unknown. Type locality: Su-Ao fish market, Taiwan . Local synonymy: White et al. , 2018 : 84, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: None. Remarks: Caught as bycatch in the pelagic longline fisheries in PNG ; verified by photographs, with accompanying muscle and vertebral samples, from fisheries observers. Records of Alopias vulpinus ( Bonnaterre, 1788 ) from PNG waters are most likely misidentifications of this species.