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 1 1 82 journal article 30231 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1 abf8082d-c179-4cb2-acc4-3cdef16c4341 1175-5326 1221878 255EE06E-3171-41F3-BB3D-E7D29537A292 Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) Nervous Shark Galeolamna greyi cauta Whitley, 1945: 2 , Fig. 2 . Holotype AMS IB.1622 (teeth and skin). Type locality: Shark Bay , Western Australia . Local synonymy: Carcharhinus melanopterus (in part)— Filewood, 1973 : 5 (PNG); Carcharhinus cautus— Kailola, 1987 : 16 ( Port Romilly ; Sigabadu); Last & Stevens, 2009: 257 ( PNG ) ; White et al. , 2018 : 138, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: (2 spec.) KFRS E.009A (dried jaws), Hall Sound , Central Province ; KFRS E.011, Kairuku area , Yule Island , Aug. 1964 . Remarks: A set of dried jaws deposited in the KFRS collection confirmed as this species was originally identified as Carcharhinus melanopterus , suggesting that the two species were confused at this time. Not recorded during recent surveys.