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Nebrius ferrugineus

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Description

Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1831)

Tawny Shark

Scyllium ferrugineum Lesson, 1831: 95. Syntypes whereabouts unknown. Type locality: Port Praslin [= Lambom], New Ireland; Offack Bay, Waigeo, Indonesia.

Local synonymy: Scyllium ferrugineum Lesson, 1831: 95 (Port Praslin, New Ireland). Ginglymostoma concolor— Macleay, 1883a: 597 (New Guinea). Ginglymostoma mulleri— Günther, 1910: 487 (Port Praslin, New Ireland). Ginglymostoma ferrugineum— Fowler, 1934: 385 (Port Moresby); Munro, 1967: 5, pl. 1, fig. 3 (New Guinea). Nebrius ferrugineum— Munro, 1958: 111 (Milne Bay; Otua Island, Bougainville; Tami Island, Morobe Province); Hamilton et al., 2009: 73 (northern Bismarck Archipelago). Nebrius ferrugineus— Filewood, 1973: 9 (Papua New Guinea); Compagno, 1984: 208 (PNG); Compagno, 2001: 196 (PNG); Allen et al., 2003: 112 (Milne Bay); Last & Stevens, 2009: 151 (PNG); White et al., 2018: 78, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (5 spec.) CSIRO C 1125, juvenile male 478 mm TL, CSIRO C 1126, juvenile male 440 mm TL, Cannac Island, Laughlan Island Group, Milne Bay, 9°18’ S, 153°35’ E, 15 Feb. 1950; KFRS E.001 (dried jaws), 2515 mm TL, Mission Point, Yule Island, 13 Nov. 1963; USNM 221733, female 670 mm TL, Kuia Island, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Jun. 1970; NMV A 18927, juvenile male 690 mm TL, between Port Moresby and Kapa Kapa, Central Province, May 1881.

Remarks: First recorded in PNG by Lesson (1831) off Port Praslin [=Lambom] in New Ireland; this record and one from off Waigeo were used for the original description of this species. No specimens caught during recent surveys but images of a large specimen from the Gulf of Papua was taken by fisheries observers; also an underwater photograph from Kavieng, New Ireland by Dean Tully.

Notes

Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878

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Cites
Other: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1065996610 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/1221878 (URL)
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https://www.gbif.org/species/143619148 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/30231/taxon/735C87F18A43FFBB9BF6FF7D59898AD8.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
CSIRO , KFRS , NMV , PNG, CSIRO , USNM
Event date
1950-02-15 , 1963-11-13
Family
Ginglymostomatidae
Genus
Nebrius
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
USNM 221733
Order
Orectolobiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Lesson
Species
ferrugineus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Verbatim event date
1950-02-15 , 1963-11-13
Taxonomic concept label
Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1831) sec. White & Ko'Ou, 2018

References

  • Gunther, A. (1910) Andrew Garrett's Fische der Sudsee. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, 3, 9, 389 - 515. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 88028
  • Fowler, H. W. (1934) Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 85 (1933), 233 - 367.
  • Hamilton, R., Green, A. & Almany, J. (Eds.) (2009) Rapid Ecological Assessment: Northern Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea. Technical report of survey conducted August 13 to September 7, 2006. The Nature Conservancy Pacific Island Countries Report No. 1 / 09, Brisbane, 151 pp.
  • Filewood, L. W. C. (1973) Guide to elasmobranch key, with notes on collection of data. Internal Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries report, Port Moresby, 18 pp.
  • Compagno, L. J. V. (1984) FAO species catalogue. Volume 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2. Carcharhiniformes. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. FAO, Rome, pp. 251 ‾ 655.
  • Compagno, L. J. V. (2001) Sharks of the World, an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. Vol. 2. Bullhead, Mackerel and Carpet Sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO, Rome, 269 pp.
  • Allen, G. R., Kinch, J. P., McKenna, S. A. & Seeto, P. (2003) A Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea-Survey II (2000). RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 29, 1 - 172.
  • Finucci, B., White, W. T., Kemper, J. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2018) Redescription of Chimaera ogilbyi (Chimaeriformes; Chimaeridae) from the Indo-Australian region. Zootaxa, 4375, 191 - 210. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4375.2.2
  • Fraser-Brunner, A. (1950) A synopsis of the hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna), with description of a new species. Records of the Australian Museum, 22 (3), 213 - 219. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.22.1950.602