Rhinobatos manai White, Last & Naylor, 2016b

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 48-49

Rhinobatos manai White, Last & Naylor, 2016b

Papuan Guitarfish

Rhinobatos manai White, Last & Naylor, 2016b: 589 , Figs 1 –6. Holotype: NTUM 11500. Type locality: northwest of Kavieng, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

Local synonymy: Rhinobatos manai White et al., 2016b: 589 , Figs 1 –6 (Kavieng, New Ireland) ; White et al., 2018: 206, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) NTUM 11500 , adult male 731 mm TL, northwest of Kavieng , New Ireland, 02°30’S, 150°44’E, 191–290 m depth, 7 Sep. 2014.

Remarks: Only known from a single specimen caught during deepwater surveys off New Ireland in 2014; recently described as a new species by White et al. (2016 b). Endemic to PNG.

Figures

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