Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle 1839) — Silky shark

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on confirmed records from an observer program on shark longline vessels in May and June 2014 (NFA and CSIRO, unpublished data); tissue samples and vertebrae retained. Most abundant shark species caught in longline fishery (W. White). A set of jaws collected from Cape Saint George in 1965 (KFRS E046) recently confirmed as this species (White & Ko'ou 2018: 34).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.—General distribution: Circumglobal in warm temperate and tropical seas. Oceanic and pelagic, most common in offshore waters close to land masses, 0–500 m depth. Marine.