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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Eucrossorhinus dasypogon
(
Bleeker 1867
)
Tasselled Wobbegongs
Crossorhinus dasypogon
Bleeker, 1867
: 400
, pl. 21 (fig. 1). Syntypes:?BMNH 1867.11.28.209, RMNH 7411,
RMNH 5118
.
Type
locality:
Waigio
and
Aru Islands
,
Indonesia
.
Local synonymy:
Orectolobus dasypogon
—Ogilby & McCulloch (1908): 272 (Samarai Island);
Fowler, 1934
: 385 (Samarai Island);
Filewood, 1973
: 9 (PNG).
Orectolobus ogilbyi
—Regan, 1909: 529 (Samarai Island);
Fowler, 1941
: 97 (New Guinea).
Eucrossorhinus
dasypogon—
Whitley, 1940: 83 (Samarai and Kwato islands); Munro, 1967: 5, pl. 1, fig. 2 (New Guinea);
Compagno, 1984
: 180 (PNG);
Compagno, 2001
: 151 (PNG);
Allen
et al.
, 2003
: 112 (Milne Bay);
Baine & Harasti, 2007
: 93, fig. (Bootless Bay); Last & Stevens, 2009: 135 (PNG);
Drew
et al.
, 2012
: 5 (Bootless Bay);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 60, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(4 spec.) AMS I.5405 (
syntype
of
Orectolobus ogilbyi
), adult male
1160 mm
TL,
Samarai Island
,
Milne
Bay Province
,
10°37’ S
,
150°40’ E
, 1902; AMS IB.4783 [section of jaw registered as AMS I.40874-001; selection of teeth as AMS I.41134-001], adult male
1144 mm
TL,
Morobe Province
, 6°25’ S, 147°12’ E, 1960;
KFRS
E.037B (dried jaws only), female ~
1440 mm
TL,
Basilisk Passage
,
Central Province
, ~
9°32’09” S
,
147°07’51” E
,
Aug. 1964
;
PMH 308-1
(dried jaws only), public fish camp at
Kairuku
,
5 m
depth,
26 Nov. 1996
.
Remarks:
First recorded from off Samarai Island based on specimen AMS I.5405 which was included in Ogilby & McCulloch’s (1908) revision of the
Orectolobidae
as
Orectolobus dasypogon
. Regan (1909) considered this specimen and Torres Strait material as a distinct species
Orectolobus ogilbyi
. Seen by divers at various locations throughout
PNG
.