An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ko’Ou, Alfred
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
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journal article
30231
10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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Urogymnus acanthobothrium
Last,
White & Kyne, 2016e
Mumburarr whipray
Urogymnus acanthobothrium
Last,
White & Kyne, 2016e
: 163
,
Figs 1
–7.
Holotype
:
WAM
P. 34488-001.
Type
locality:
West Arm of Cambridge Gulf
,
Western
Australia
.
Local synonymy:
Urogymnus
acanthobothrium—
Last
et al.
, 2016e: 163,
Figs 1
–7 (
Gulf
of Papua); Last
et al.
, 2016a: 613 (southern
PNG
)
;
White
et al.
, 2018
: 264, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material:
None.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by Last
et al.
(2016e) based on records from observers on prawn trawl vessels in the
Gulf
of
Papua
.
Holotype
and several other specimens were caught in rivers in
Northern
Australia
, and it is thus likely to inhabit the riverine areas in the
Gulf
and
Western
Provinces of
PNG
.