Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley 1939)

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 40

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4588.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C7390B16-569F-46A2-A823-0018E1934873
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10446823
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1577035E-8023-FF80-EDFC-CDFD1D120ADC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley 1939)
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Treatment

Carcharhinus coatesi (Whitley 1939) View in CoL — Australian whitecheek shark

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from New Ireland by White & Ko'ou (2018: 33), based on earlier report from Ningin Island, New Ireland as Carcharhinus dussumieri (non Müller & Henle [ex Valenciennes], 1839) by Munro (1958: 112).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 3.—General distribution: northern Australia to New Guinea. Found on coral reefs, shallow lagoons, reef flats and seaward reefs, 0–123 m depth. Marine.