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Triaenodon obesus

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Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell 1837)

Whitetip Reef Shark

Carcharias obesus Rüppell, 1837: 64, pl. 18 (fig. 2). Lectotype: SMF 3149 (stuffed); lectotype designation by Klausewitz (1960). Type locality: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea.

Local synonymy: Triaenodon apicalis— Munro, 1958: 113 (Milne Bay Province); Munro, 1967: 11, pl. 1, fig. 11 (New Guinea). Triaenodon obesus— Filewood, 1973: 3 (PNG); Compagno, 1984: 537 (New Guinea); Allen, 1998: 67 (Milne Bay); Baine & Harasti, 2007: 93, fig. (Bootless Bay); Hamilton et al., 2009: 73 (northern Bismarck Archipelago); Drew et al., 2012: 5 (Bootless Bay); Fricke et al., 2014: 14 (Madang); White et al., 2018: 180, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (4 spec.) CSIRO C 271, female embryo 473 mm TL, shoal between Cannac Island & Wabomat Island, Laughlan Island Group, Milne Bay Province, 09°18’ S, 153°40’ E, 17 Oct. 1949; KFRS E.269 (dried jaws), female 1080 mm TL, New Britain area, Sep. 1966; KFRS E.340, Main Reef, Fishermans Island, Port Moresby, 24 Nov. 1968; KFRS E.629, east of Nago Island, Kavieng, New Ireland, 02°35’47.8” S, 150°45’7.42 E, 40 m depth, 30 Sep. 2015.

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Munro (1958) from the Milne Bay region. Very common reef species throughout PNG, often seen by divers; evidence of local depletion in a number of areas.

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 pages 41-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ruppell
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carcharhiniformes
Family
Carcharhinidae
Genus
Triaenodon
Species
obesus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Triaenodon obesus (Ruppell, 1837) sec. White & Ko'Ou, 2018

References

  • Klausewitz, W. (1960) Die Typen und Typoide des Naturmuseums Senckenberg, 23, Pisces, Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 41, 289 - 296.
  • Filewood, L. W. C. (1973) Guide to elasmobranch key, with notes on collection of data. Internal Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries report, Port Moresby, 18 pp.
  • 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.
  • Allen, G. R. (1998) Reef and shore fishes of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. In: Werner, T. B. & Allen, G. R. (Eds.) A Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of the Coral Reefs of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. RAP Working Papers 11. Conservation International, Washington D. C., pp. 39 - 49 + 67 - 107.
  • Baine, M. & Harasti, D. (2007) The Marine Life of Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea. Motupore Island Research Centre (MIRC) and University of PNG, Port Moresby, 143 pp.
  • Hamilton, R., Green, A. & Almany, J. (Eds.) (2009) Rapid Ecological Assessment: Northern Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea. Technical report of survey conducted August 13 to September 7, 2006. The Nature Conservancy Pacific Island Countries Report No. 1 / 09, Brisbane, 151 pp.
  • Drew, J. A., Buxman, C. L., Holmes, D. D., Mandecki, J. L., Mungkaje, A. J., Richardson, A. C. & Westneat, M. W. (2012) Biodiversity inventories and conservation of the marine fishes of Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea. BMC Ecology, 12, 1 - 15. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / 1472 - 6785 - 12 - 15
  • Fricke, R., Allen, G. R., Andrefouet, S., Chen, W. - J., Hamel, M. A., Laboute, P., Mana, R., Hui, T. H. & Uyeno, D. (2014) Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of Madang District, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 820 new records. Zootaxa, 3832 (1), 1 - 247. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3832.1.1
  • 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