Tetronarce formosa ( Haas & Ebert, 2006 )

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 51

Tetronarce formosa ( Haas & Ebert, 2006)

Taiwanese Torpedo

Torpedo formosa Haas & Ebert, 2006: 2 , Figs 1 –3. Holotype: CAS 223471 . Type locality: Ta-Shi Fish Market , northeastern Taiwan.

Local synonymy: White et al., 2018: 214, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) NTUM 11498 , juvenile male 258 mm TL, northwest of Kavieng , New Ireland, 2°27’ S, 150°40’ E, 335–340 m depth, 28 Aug. 2014.

Remarks: First record of this family and genus in PNG; first record of this species outside of Taiwanese waters, possibly suggests a much broader range than previously thought.

Figures

FIGURE 1. The current location of the KFRS collection in the biological sciences area of the University of PNG.