An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ko’Ou, Alfred
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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1175-5326
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Neotrygon australiae
Last,
White & Serét, 2016h
Australian Bluespotted Maskray
Neotrygon australiae
Last,
White & Serét, 2016h
: 542
, Figs 5b, 6b, 7b, 9. Holotype: CSIRO H 7016-01. Type locality: southwest of Weipa, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.
Local synonymy:
Neotrygon
kuhldi—
Filewood, 1973
(in part): 13 (PNG; misspelling of
kuhlii
).
Neotrygon australiae
Last
et al.
, 2016
h: 542 (Daru, Western Province); Last
et al.
, 2016a: 585 (New Guinea);
White
et al.
, 2018
: 240, figs (PNG).
PNG
voucher material:
(2 spec.)
KFRS
E.680 (field code
220341
), adult male
301 mm
DW
,
KFRS
E.681 (field code
220342
), adult male
301 mm
DW,
Daru
fish market,
Western Province
,
9°03.91′ S
,
143°12.59′ E
,
22 Oct. 2014
.
Remarks:
Previously considered to be conspecific with
Neotrygon kuhlii
(Müller & Henle, 1841)
but recently described as a new species from northern
Australia
(not east coast),
Papua
New Guinea
and eastern
Indonesia
.
Filewood (1973)
lists
N. kuhldi
but with variable characters (such as colour) so probably includes multiple species. Possibly restricted to parts of the
Western
and
Gulf
provinces with
N.
cf.
trigonoides
replacing it further eastwards; ranges for the species in the
kuhlii
complex in
PNG
needs investigating.