Hydrolagus cf. mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1904)

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 69

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5983510
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/735C87F1-8A12-FFEA-9BF6-FAA05B7F8F3D
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scientific name	Hydrolagus cf. mitsukurii
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Hydrolagus cf. mitsukurii

Papuan Ghostshark

Local synonymy: White et al., 2018: 296, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (2 spec.) NTUM 10331 , female 281 mm PCL, Astrolabe Bay , Madang, 5°21’S, 145°49’E, 520–575 m depth, 14 Dec. 2012. GoogleMaps

Remarks: First record of this species and genus from PNG; generic placement tentative. Similar to Hydrolagus africanus ( Gilchrist, 1922) and H. mitsukurii ( Jordan & Snyder, 1904); more specimens needed to confirm its identity.