Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman, 1913

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 12-13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5982894
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scientific name	Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman, 1913
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Dwarf Gulper Shark

Centrophorus atromarginatus Garman, 1913: 200 , pl. 13, figs 1–4. Holotype: MCZ 1117-S, Suruga Gulf, Japan; type was erroneously re-catalogued as MCZ 1455-S ( Hartel & Dingerkus, 1997).

Local synonymy: White et al., 2018: 42, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (5 spec.) CAS 64520 (2 spec.), female 433 mm TL, adult male 564 mm TL, southwest of Bil Bil Island, north of Gogol River, Bismarck Sea , 5°18’ S, 145°46’ E, 10 May 1987 GoogleMaps ; CSIRO H 8101-01, female 710 mm TL, off Lae , Huon Gulf, 6°44.22’ S, 147°7.55’ E, 430 m depth, 3 Nov. 2016 GoogleMaps ; QM I 21400, female 574 mm TL, off Lae , Huon Gulf, 300 m depth, Nov. 1984 ; USNM 295139 About USNM , adolescent male 640 mm TL, southwest of Bil Bil Island, north of Gogol River, Bismarck Sea , 5°18’ S, 145°46’ E, 183 m depth, 10 May 1987 GoogleMaps .

Remarks: Compagno & Niem (1998a) first documented this species from off northern PNG. Found to be a common catch in deepwater off Lae during recent fish surveys using rod and line (F. Neira, MARSCCO, pers. comm.) in November 2016. Has previously been referred to as Centrophorus armatus elsewhere (e.g. Chen & Cheng, 1982) so earlier records of C. armatus in PNG ( Filewood, 1973) may refer to this species.