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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Carcharhinus plumbeus
(Nardo, 1827)
Sandbar Shark
Squalus plumbeus
Nardo, 1827: 26
, 35 (no. 24). No types known. Type locality: Adriatic Sea.
Local synonymy:
Carcharhinus
plumbeus—
Filewood, 1973
: 6 (PNG);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 158, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material:
None.
Remarks:
First recorded from
PNG
by
Filewood (1973)
, but with a comment that its occurrence needs confirmation. Caught as bycatch in the pelagic longline fisheries in
PNG
and occasionally in coastal fisheries; verified by photographs, with accompanying muscle and vertebral samples, from fisheries observers.