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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1
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journal article
30231
10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Pristis zijsron
Bleeker, 1851
Green Sawfish
Pristis zijsron
Bleeker, 1851
: 442
.
Holotype
:
RMNH 7418
(rostrum only).
Type
locality:
Bandjarmasin
,
Kalimantan
,
Indonesia
.
Local synonymy:
Pristis
zijaron—
Filewood, 1973
: 10 (PNG).
Pristis
zijsron—
Kailola, 1987
: 24 (Daru; Balimo; Gulf of Papua; Bootless Bay); White
et al.
, 2017a: 277 (PNG);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 198, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(3 spec.)
CAS
SU 40592
(rostrum), ~
1515 mm
TL,
Sepik
River,
1 May 1929
;
KFRS
E.378 (dried rostrum), rostrum length
285 mm
,
Balimo area
,
May
̄
Jul. 1968
;
KFRS
E.411 (dried rostrum), rostrum length ~
880 mm
,
Bootless Bay
,
Port Moresby
,
8 May 1970
.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by
Filewood (1973)
. Dried fins observed from coastal fisheries during recent surveys in the
Gulf
and
Western
Provinces. An additional specimen from the KFRS collection is considered lost or destroyed.