Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 31

Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)

Silvertip Shark

Carcharias albimarginatus Rüppell, 1837: 164 , pl. 18 (fig. 1). Lectotype: SMF 3582 (dry and mounted); lectotype designation by Rosenblatt & Baldwin (1958). Type locality: Ras Muhammad, Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea .

Local synonymy: Carcharhinus albolimbatus— Filewood, 1973: 7 (PNG). Carcharhinus albimarginatus — Kailola, 1987: 15 (Basilisk Passage, Port Moresby; Orangerie Bay; Goodenough Island); Allen, 1998: 67 (Milne Bay); Allen et al., 2003: 112 (Milne Bay); Hamilton et al., 2009: 73 (northern Bismarck Archipelago); White et al., 2018: 126, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) KFRS E.048, Cape Saint George, New Ireland, May 1965. Remarks: Observed by divers in a number of locations, although becoming scarcer. Caught by coastal fishers and was a common catch of the targeted shark longline fishery.