Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records Andréfouët, Serge Chen, Wei-Jen Kinch, Jeff Mana, Ralph Russell, Barry C. Tully, Dean White, William T. Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-23 4588 1 1 360 R3ND (Muller & Henle 1839) Muller & Henle 1839 [151,722,1231,1256] Elasmobranchii Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus Animalia Carcharhiniformes 39 40 Chordata species falciformis   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based on confirmed records from an observer program on shark longline vessels in  May and June 2014(NFA and CSIRO, unpublished data); tissue samples and vertebrae retained. Mostabundant shark species caught in longline fishery ( W. White). A set of jaws collected from Cape Saint Georgein 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 mdepth. Marine.