Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 33

Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)

Spinner Shark

Carcharias brevipinna Müller & Henle, 1839: 31 , pl. 9. Holotype: RMNH D2525 (mounted skin). Type locality: Java, Indonesia.

Local synonymy: Carcharhinus brevipenna— Filewood, 1973: 6 (PNG). Carcharhinus brevipinna— Kailola, 1987: 16 (Papuan coast to as far east as Losuia); White et al., 2018: 136, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (4 spec.) CSIRO H 8106-01 (dried jaw), female 930 mm DW, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°3’17” S, 145°43’53” E, 17 m depth, 2 Sep. 2015 ; KFRS E.159A (dried jaws), KFRS E.159B (dried jaws), Fairfax Harbour , Port Moresby, 27 Aug. 1965 ; KFRS E.625, female 870 mm TL, south of Purari River mouth, Gulf of Papua, 8°0’50” S, 145°2’17” E, 12 m depth, 6 Sep. 2015 .

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973) with two jaws in KFRS collected in mid-1960s. Regular catch of longline, trawl and coastal fisheries during recent surveys.