Compagno, White & Last, 2008 : 204 Carcharhinus gangeticus Glyphis Glyphis garricki Compagno et al. , 2008: 204 An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea White, William T. Ko’Ou, Alfred Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-19 4411 1 1 82 Compagno, White & Last, 2008 Compagno, White & Last 2008 [151,750,285,311] Chondrichthyes Carcharhinidae Glyphis GBIF Animalia Carcharhiniformes 37 38 Chordata species garricki     Glyphis garricki  Compagno, White & Last, 2008: 204, Figs 1–6. Holotype: CSIRO H 5262-01. Type locality: East Alligator River, Northern Territory, Australia  Local synonymy:  Carcharhinus gangeticus- Filewood, 1973: 5 (PNG); Haines, 1979a: 6 (Purari Delta); Haines, 1979b: 6 (Purari Delta).  Glyphisspecies—Kailola, 1987: 18 (“very similar third species” - PNG).  Glyphis garrickiCompagno et al., 2008: 204(Baimuru; Port Romilly)—Last & Stevens, 2009: 276 (PNG); Compagno et al., 2010: 41 (Baimuru; Port Romilly); Ebert et al., 2013: 480, pl. 69 (PNG); White et al., 2015a: 1, figs 4 and 6 (Daru; Katatai); White et al., 2018: 164, figs (PNG).     PNGvoucher material:(3 spec.) KFRSE.217 (dried jaws), adult male ~ 1500–1700 mmTL,  KFRSE.219 (dried jaws), Port Romilly, Gulf Province, 7°33’ S, 144°50’ E,  12 Mar. 1966;  KFRSE.473 (dried jaws), 1020 mmTL, Baimuru, Gulf Province, 7°33’ S, 144°51’ E,  28 Mar. 1974. In Compagno et al.(2008), the dried jaws above were listed as LWF-E217, LWF-E219, LWF-E473; loaned to LJV Compagno, possibly still in South African Museum in Cape Town.   Remarks: Filewood (1973)included the species  C. gangeticusand  C. glyphisin his key to PNGsharks and rays which were distinguished from the other  Carcharhinusspecies in have feeble precaudal pits and flattened snouts; longitudinal, shallow precaudal pits is a key distinguishing feature between  Glyphisand  Carcharhinusspecies which have a deep crescentic pit. The key characters provided by Filewood (1973)which distinguish his  C. gangeticusand  C. glyphiswere the number of lower teeth (15 pairs vs. 12–14 pairs) and number of precaudal vertebrae (more than 100 vs. less than 100). The number of lower teeth matches  G. garrickiand  G. glyphisbut the number of vertebrae is opposite. But, in the couplet for  C. glyphisthe ‘less’ in “precaudal vertebrae less than 100” has been crossed off and replaced with a> by hand, suggesting an error in the printed version; thus it is likely that the precaudal counts were swapped around for the two species. Dried jaws of  G. garrickifrom the KFRS collection were originally identified as  C. gangeticus. Recently recorded by White et al.(2015) from coastal fisheries catches in Western Provincewhere it is caught occasionally. 1838188313 [199,1277,668,694] KFRS Papua New Guinea PNG 37 38 1 1838188339 1966-03-12 KFRS Papua New Guinea -7.55 Port Romilly 1303 144.83333 37 38 1 Gulf Province 1838188304 1974-03-28 KFRS Papua New Guinea -7.55 South African Museum in Cape Town 1303 144.85 Baimuru 37 38 1 Gulf Province