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Hemiscyllium michaeli Allen & Dudgeon 2010

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Hemiscyllium michaeli Allen & Dudgeon, 2010

Michael’s Epaluette Shark

Hemiscyllium michaeli— Allen & Dudgeon, 2010: 19, figs 2–4. Holotype: USNM 218602. Type locality: Harvey Bay, Milne Bay Province.

Local synonymy: Hemiscyllium freycineti— Whitley, 1940: 75 (Samarai Island); Dingerkus & DeFino, 1983 (in part): 38, fig. 25 (Harvey Bay, Trobriand Island, Samarai, Milne Bay); Compagno, 1984 (in part): 196 (PNG); Compagno, 2001 (in part): 179, fig. (PNG). Chiloscyllium freycineti —Munro, 1958: 111 (Collingwood Bay); Compagno, 1984: 197 (PNG). Hemiscyllium trispeculare — Allen et al., 2003: 112 (Milne Bay). Hemiscyllium species—Allen & Erdmann, 2008: 107 (Milne Bay Province); Allen et al., 2013: 134, fig. 8 (eastern Papua New Guinea). Hemiscyllium michaeli Allen & Dudgeon, 2010: 19, figs 2–4 (Milne Bay Province)— Ebert et al., 2013: 256, pl. 34, fig. (PNG); Allen et al., 2016: 81, figs (Milne Bay Province); White et al., 2018: 74, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (8 spec.) AMS IA.5741 (paratype), 285 mm TL, AMS IA.5742 (paratype), 365 mm TL, vicinity of Samarai, 10°36.633’ S, 150°39.690’ E, Feb. 1933; AMS IB.5429, female 755 mm TL, Morobe, received 1962 from Taronga Park Zoo; CU 24992 (paratype), 695 mm TL, Milne Bay; QM I 12038, female 719 mm TL, Samarai Island, 10°37’ S, 150°40’ E, 22 Oct. 1953; USNM 218602 (holotype), female 610 mm TL, coral reef at Harvey Bay, Oro Province, 08°54.440’ S, 148°30.306’ E, less than 10 m depth, 6/ 7 Aug. 1975; USNM 221705 (paratype), 257 mm TL, Kuia Island, 08°35.350’S, 150°51.332’E, Trobriand Islands, 1 m depth, 11 Jun. 1970; WAM P. 32840-001 (paratype), female 544 mm TL, under wharf at Samarai Island, 10°36.633’ S, 150°39.690’ E, 6 m depth, 10 Apr. 2003.

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Whitley (1940), based on specimens collected in 1933 from Samarai Island, as Hemiscyllium freycineti. Described as a distinct species in 2010, restricted to Milne Bay and Oro Provinces in southeastern PNG. Endemic to PNG. Two destroyed specimens from the KFRS collection (E.321, Tuma Island, Trobriands, 25 Jul. 1967, male 625 mm TL and female 664 mm TL) which were identified as Hemiscyllium sp. (freycineti) would most likely refer to this species.

Notes

Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/735C87F18A45FFBD9BF6FE95599F8C40

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/1221878 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/8F65FF898A56FFAE9B61FFE55A0C8940 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/735C87F18A45FFBD9BF6FE95599F8C40 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/143619141 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/30231/taxon/735C87F18A45FFBD9BF6FE95599F8C40.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
PNG , USNM , WAM
Event date
1953-10-22 , 1970-06-11 , 1975-08-07 , 2003-04-10
Family
Hemiscylliidae
Genus
Hemiscyllium
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
USNM 218602 , USNM 221705
Order
Orectolobiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Allen & Dudgeon
Species
michaeli
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
1953-10-22 , 1970-06-11 , 1975-08-07 , 2003-04-10
Taxonomic concept label
Hemiscyllium michaeli Allen, 2010 sec. White & Ko'Ou, 2018

References

  • Allen, G. R. & Dudgeon, C. L. (2010) Hemiscyllium michaeli, a new species of bamboo shark (Hemiscyllidae) from Papua New Guinea. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 16 (1), 19 - 30.
  • Dingerkus, G. & DeFino, T. C. (1983) A revision of the orectolobiform shark family Hemiscyllidae (Chondrichthyes, Selachii). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 176 (1), 1 - 94.
  • Compagno, L. J. V. (1984) FAO species catalogue. Volume 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2. Carcharhiniformes. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. FAO, Rome, pp. 251 ‾ 655.
  • Compagno, L. J. V. (2001) Sharks of the World, an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. Vol. 2. Bullhead, Mackerel and Carpet Sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO, Rome, 269 pp.
  • Allen, G. R., Kinch, J. P., McKenna, S. A. & Seeto, P. (2003) A Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea-Survey II (2000). RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 29, 1 - 172.
  • Allen, G. R. & Erdmann, M. V. (2008) Two new species of bamboo sharks (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscylliidae) from western New Guinea. aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 13 (3 - 4), 93 - 108.
  • Allen, G. R., Erdmann, M. V. & Dudgeon, C. L. (2013) Hemiscyllium halmahera, a new species of bamboo shark (Hemiscylliidae) from Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (3), 123 - 136.
  • Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. Compagno, L. (2013) Sharks of the World: a fully illustrated guide. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, 528 pp.
  • Allen, G. R., Erdmann, M. V., White, W. T., Fahmi & Dudgeon, C. L. (2016) Review of the bamboo shark genus Hemiscyllium (Hemiscyllidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 23, 53 - 97. https: // doi. org / 10.5281 / zenodo. 164197
  • Finucci, B., White, W. T., Kemper, J. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2018) Redescription of Chimaera ogilbyi (Chimaeriformes; Chimaeridae) from the Indo-Australian region. Zootaxa, 4375, 191 - 210. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4375.2.2