Galeus corriganae White, Mana & Naylor, 2016a

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 27

Galeus corriganae White, Mana & Naylor, 2016a

Corrigan’s Catshark

Galeus corriganae White, Mana & Naylor, 2016a: 256 , Figs 1 –4. Holotype: NTUM 10171 . Type locality: Madang, PNG.

Local synonymy: Galeus gracilis— Fricke et al., 2014: 12 (Madang Province) . Galeus corriganae White et al., 2016a: 256 , Figs 1 –4 (Madang and West New Britain, PNG) ; White et al., 2018: 110, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (7 spec.) ASIZ P0080738 (paratype), 2 specimens, female 278 mm TL and juvenile male 247 mm TL, off Madang, 05°01.270' S, 145°50.210' E, 502–529 m depth, 2 Oct. 2010; NTUM 10171 (holotype), adolescent male 306 mm TL, west of Sek Island, Madang, 05°04'S, 145°51' E, 582–587 m depth, 28 Nov. 2012; NTUM 10321 (paratype), adolescent male 282 mm TL, north of Taviltae, Madang Province, 04°30' S, 145°34' E, 600– 660 m depth, 17 Dec. 2012; NTUM 10322 (paratype), juvenile male 203 mm TL, north of Taviltae, Madang Province, 04°29' S, 145°31' E, 500–510 m depth, 17 Dec. 2012; NTUM 11492 (paratype), adolescent male 372 mm TL, southeast of Murien, West New Britain, 06°10' S, 149°18' E, 510–743 m depth, 7 May 2014; NTUM 11493 (paratype), juvenile male 271 mm TL, south of Murien, West New Britain, 06°08' S, 149°10' E, 430–620 m depth, 6 May 2014.

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Fricke et al. (2014) as Galeus gracilis Compagno & Stevens, 1993 based on NTUM 10171; described as a new species by White et al. (2016 a). Morphologically similar to Galeus priapus Séret & Last, 2008 from New Caledonia but differs in several characters and at a molecular level (see Fig. 4 in White et al., 2016a). Endemic to PNG.

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FIGURE 1. The current location of the KFRS collection in the biological sciences area of the University of PNG.