An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ko’Ou, Alfred
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Rhynchobatus australiae
Whitley, 1939b
Whitespotted Wedgefish
Rhynchobatus djiddensis australiae
Whitley, 1939b: 245
, Fig. 14.
Holotype
: AMS IA.4959.
Type
locality: off Manning River mouth,
New
South
Wales
,
Australia
.
Local synonymy:
Rhynchobatus
djiddensis—
Filewood, 1973
(in part): 10 (PNG).
Rhynchobatus
australiae—
White
et al.
, 2018
: 202, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material:
None.
Remarks:
Filewood (1973)
recorded only
Rhynchobatus djiddensis
from
PNG
; included in synonymy of this species and
R. palpebratus
by default but may not have encountered both species at that time. Recently verified from coastal fisheries catches from the
Milne Bay Province
and from underwater photographs taken off Kavieng by D. Amon (Lissenung Island).