Pigeye Shark
Carcharias (Prionodon) amboinensis Müller & Henle, 1839: 40, pl. 19 (teeth). Holotype: RMNH D2582 (skin). Type locality: Ambon Island, Indonesia.
Local synonymy: Carcharhinus amboinensis— Filewood, 1973: 5 (PNG); Kailola, 1987: 16 (Binaturi River; Bougainville; Ramu River mouth; Yule Island; Bootless Bay; Port Moresby); Last & Stevens, 2009: 253 (PNG and Bougainville); White et al., 2018: 134, figs (PNG).
PNG voucher material: (5 spec.) KFRS E.019, Ramu River mouth, 18 Jul. 1965; KFRS E.031, Kairuku, Yule Island, 20 Oct. 1964; KFRS E.179, male, near McDhui wreck, Port Moresby, 26 Apr. 1965; KFRS E.368, Numa Numa, Bougainville, Aug. 1969; KFRS E.622, female 910 mm TL, Freshwater Bay, Gulf of Papua, 8°5’38” S, 145°50’37” E, 13–14 m depth, 30 Aug. 2015.
Remarks: First recorded by Filewood (1973) with dried jaws from his collection collected in the mid-1960s. Recorded in the coastal and trawl fisheries catches in southern PNG (Daru to Milne Bay).