Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5983136 |
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Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Squalus longimanus Poey, 1861: 338 , pl. 19 (figs 9, 10). No type known. Type locality: Cuba, Western Atlantic .
Local synonymy: Carcharhinus maou— Filewood, 1973: 7 (PNG). Carcharhinus longimanus— Kailola, 1987: 17 (Kranket Island; Milne Bay); White et al., 2018: 150, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material: None.
Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973) as Carcharhinus maou (Lesson, 1829) , a junior synonym of C. longimanus . Records of Kranket Island and Milne Bay by Kailola (1987) based on two destroyed KFRS specimens (E.94, Kranket Island, Madang, Dec. 1962; E. 322, 2020 mm TL, Milne Bay district, 2 Aug. 1967).
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Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred 2018 |
Squalus longimanus
Poey 1861: 338 |
Carcharhinus
Blainville 1816 |
Carcharhinus
Blainville 1816 |