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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Hemipristis elongata
(
Klunzinger, 1871
)
Snaggletooth Shark
Dirrhizodon elongatus
Klunzinger, 1871
: 665
.
Holotype
:
SMNS 1640
(dry); probably lost.
Type
locality:
Al-Qusair
,
Egypt
,
Red Sea
.
Local synonymy:
Hemipristis
elongatus—
Filewood, 1973
: 3 (PNG);
Kailola, 1987
: 20 (Yule Island);
Hemipristis
elongata—
White
et al.
, 2018
: 124, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(1 spec.)
KFRS
E.005 (dried jaws), Hall Sound,
Central Province
,
Oct. 1963
.
Remarks:
First recorded in
PNG
by
Filewood (1973)
, presumably based on KFRS E.005. One specimen observed in a prawn trawl vessel freezer in
Western Province
and two dried fins confirmed as this species photographed from
Milne Bay Province
during recent surveys.