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
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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.
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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