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
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10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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Galeus corriganae
White, Mana & Naylor, 2016a
Corrigan’s Catshark
Galeus corriganae
White, Mana & Naylor, 2016a: 256
,
Figs 1
–4.
Holotype
:
NTUM 10171
.
Type
locality:
Madang
,
PNG
.
Local synonymy:
Galeus
gracilis—
Fricke
et al.
, 2014
: 12 (
Madang Province
)
.
Galeus corriganae
White
et al.
, 2016a
: 256
,
Figs 1
–4 (
Madang
and
West
New Britain
,
PNG
)
;
White
et al.
, 2018
: 110, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(7 spec.)
ASIZ
P0080738 (
paratype
),
2 specimens
, female
278 mm
TL and juvenile male
247 mm
TL, off
Madang
,
05°01.270' S
,
145°50.210' E
,
502–529 m
depth,
2 Oct. 2010
;
NTUM
10171 (
holotype
), adolescent male
306 mm
TL, west of Sek Island,
Madang
,
05°04'S
,
145°51' E
,
582–587 m
depth,
28 Nov. 2012
;
NTUM
10321 (
paratype
), adolescent male
282 mm
TL, north of Taviltae,
Madang Province
,
04°30' S
,
145°34' E
,
600– 660 m
depth,
17 Dec. 2012
;
NTUM
10322 (
paratype
), juvenile male
203 mm
TL, north of Taviltae,
Madang Province
,
04°29' S
,
145°31' E
,
500–510 m
depth,
17 Dec. 2012
;
NTUM
11492 (
paratype
), adolescent male
372 mm
TL, southeast of Murien,
West
New Britain
,
06°10' S
,
149°18' E
,
510–743 m
depth,
7 May 2014
;
NTUM
11493 (
paratype
), juvenile male
271 mm
TL, south of Murien,
West
New Britain
,
06°08' S
,
149°10' E
,
430–620 m
depth,
6 May 2014
.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by
Fricke
et al.
(2014)
as
Galeus gracilis
Compagno & Stevens, 1993
based on NTUM 10171; described as a new species by
White
et al.
(2016
a). Morphologically similar to
Galeus priapus
Séret & Last, 2008
from
New Caledonia
but differs in several characters and at a molecular level (see Fig.
4 in
White
et al.
, 2016a
). Endemic to
PNG
.