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 leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) Bull Shark Carcharias ( Prionodon ) leucas Valenciennes in Müller & Henle, 1839: 42 . Syntypes (4): only 2 stuffed syntypes still in existence; MNHN A-9650, MNHN A-9652. Type locality: Antilles , Western Atlantic . Local synonymy: Carcharhinus leucas— Filewood, 1973 : 5 (PNG); Haines, 1979a : 6 (Purari Delta); Haines, 1979b : 94 (Purari Delta); Compagno, 1984 : 479 (New Guinea); Kailola, 1987 : 16 (Fly River to Yule Island); Taniuchi & Shimizu, 1991 : 5 (Sepik River); Kan & Taniuchi, 1991 : 3 (near Angoram, Sepik River); White et al. , 2018 : 146, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: (2 spec.) CSIRO C 1800 (teeth only), Port Moresby , 25 Sep. 1948 ; FUMT-P 10850, juvenile male 852 mm TL, Magendo 1, Sepik River, 5 Sep. 1989 . Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973) , but first specimen recorded was in 1948 from Port Moresby (CSIRO C 1800).