Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 26

Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013

Milk-eye Catshark

Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013: 516 , Figs 2 –5. Holotype: MNHN 2003-1983 . Type locality: Coriolis Bank , New Caledonia.

Local synonymy: White et al., 2017e: 26, Figs 11B, 12B, 13 (New Ireland) ; White et al., 2018: 104, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) NTUM 11488 , adult male 559 mm TL, south of Manne Island , New Ireland, 02°48' S, 150°42' E, 672–1150 m depth, 4 Sep. 2014.

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by White et al. (2017e); previously known only from New Caledonia. Represents only the second specimen known of this species. Identification confirmed with molecular data (see Fig. 8 in White et al., 2017e). A second PNG adult male was also caught, but not retained, off Lae (stations CP 3639, 7°22.582’ S, 147°31.797’ E, 900–932 m depth, 23 Aug. 2010).

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FIGURE 2. Number of museum specimen lots from PNG waters per 5-yearly intervals between 1820 and the present. All museum collections combined; grey bars dnote existing lots; red bars denote lost or destroyed lots.