Rhynchobatus djiddensis australiae Whitley, 1939b: 245 Rhynchobatus Rhynchobatus 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 Whitley, 1939 b Whitley 1939 [151,648,1483,1509] Chondrichthyes Rhinobatidae Rhynchobatus GBIF Animalia Rajiformes 46 47 Chordata species australiae    Rhynchobatus djiddensis australiaeWhitley, 1939b: 245, Fig. 14. Holotype: AMS IA.4959. Typelocality: off Manning River mouth, New South Wales, Australia.  Local synonymy:  Rhynchobatusdjiddensis— Filewood, 1973(in part): 10 (PNG).  Rhynchobatusaustraliae— White et al., 2018: 202, figs (PNG).   PNG voucher material:None.   Remarks: Filewood (1973)recorded only  Rhynchobatus djiddensisfrom PNG; included in synonymy of this species and  R. palpebratusby default but may not have encountered both species at that time. Recently verified from coastal fisheries catches from the Milne Bay Provinceand from underwater photographs taken off Kavieng by D. Amon (Lissenung Island).