Etmopterus samadiae White, Ebert, Mana & Corrigan, 2017c

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 15

Etmopterus samadiae White, Ebert, Mana & Corrigan, 2017c

Papuan Lanternshark

Etmopterus samadiae White, Ebert, Mana & Corrigan, 2017c: 340 , figs 1–6, 7d, 8. Holotype: NTUM 10078. Type locality: Madang, Papua New Guinea.

Local synonymy: Etmopterus sp.— Fricke et al., 2014: 14 (Madang Province). Etmopterus samadiae —White et al. (2017c): 340, figs 1–6, 7d, 8 (northern PNG); White et al., 2018: 56, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (17 spec.) ASIZ P.73777 (paratype), adult male 230 mm TL , ASIZ P.73778 (paratype), female 188 mm TL, ASIZ P.73765 (paratype), pregnant female 277 mm TL, off Lae, Huon Gulf, Morobe Province , 06°51.841' S, 147°04.672' E, 395–406 m depth, 22 Aug. 2010 ; ASIZ P0080739 (6 specimens), 235–275 mm TL, off Madang, 5°00.43' S, 145°49.74' E, 460–466 m depth, 2 Oct. 2010 ; ASIZ P0080734, female 224 mm TL, off Madang, 5°01.27' S, 145°49.74' E, 502–529 m depth, 2 Oct. 2010 ; NTUM 10078 (holotype), adult male 265 mm TL, east of Malmal Passage , Madang, 05°07' S, 145°50' E, 527–539 m depth, 30 Nov. 2012 ; NTUM 10313 (paratype), female 269 mm TL, northern Cape King William , Morobe Province, 06°00' S, 147°38' E, 785 m depth, 10 Dec. 2012 ; NTUM 10314 (paratype), female 258 mm TL, Astrolabe Bay , Madang, 05°22' S, 145°48' E, 420–490 m depth, 14 Dec 2012 ; NTUM 10315 (paratype), female 154 mm TL, Astrolabe Bay , Madang, 05°22' S, 145°48' E, 340–385 m depth, 14 Dec. 2012 ; NTUM 10316 (3 specimens; paratypes), female 177 mm TL, subadult male 201 mm TL, female 228 mm TL, west of Kairiru Island , East Sepik, 03°19' S, 143°27' E, 422–425 m depth, 19 Dec. 2012 .

Remarks: First recorded in PNG by Fricke et al. (2014) as Etmopterus sp.; recently described as a new species by White et al. (2017c), endemic to PNG. Most similar to Etmopterus brachyurus (Smith & Radcliffe in Smith, 1912) from the Northwest Pacific. Endemic to PNG.