Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838b

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 18-19

Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838b

Brownbanded Bambooshark

Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838b: 18 [pl. 3]. Neotype: AMNH 38153; neotype designation by Dingerkus & De Fino, 1983. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.

Local synonymy: Chiloscyllium punctatum — Filewood, 1973: 8 ( PNG); Kailola, 1987: 7 (Daru, Yule Island, Orokolo Bay, Gulf of Papua and New Guinea coast); Allen, 1998: 67 (Milne Bay); Compagno, 2001: 176 ( PNG); Allen et al., 2003: 112 (Milne Bay); Last & Stevens, 2009: 147 (New Guinea); Fricke et al., 2014: 13 (Madang); White et al., 2018: 70, figs ( PNG).

PNG voucher material: (42 spec.) CSIRO H 7614-01, juvenile male 300 mm TL, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°3’1.2” S, 145°45’7.2” E, 16–17 m depth, 20 Jun. 2014 ; CSIRO H 7803-01, juvenile male 200 mm TL, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°4’22.2” S, 145°46’5.4” E, 18–20 m depth, 12 Jun. 2014 ; CSIRO H 7811-01, female 350 mm TL, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°3’16.2” S, 145°44’57.6” E, 15–17 m depth, 22 Jun. 2014 ; CSIRO H 7827-01, juvenile male 420 mm TL, south of Deception Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°2’34” S, 144°38’31” E, 22–25 m depth, 7 Dec. 2014 ; CSIRO H 7830-01, female 730 mm TL, south of Deception Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°8’22” S, 144°28’47” E, 20–21 m depth, 9 Dec. 2014 ; CSIRO H 8009-01, juvenile male 380 mm TL, CSIRO H 8009-02, female 270 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°9’48.66” S, 145°57’58.2” E, 16–20 m depth, 25 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8010-01, juvenile male 300 mm TL, CSIRO H 8010-02, juvenile male 210 mm TL, west of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°19’20.88” S, 146°11’55.98” E, 8–10 m depth, 26 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8011-01, female 710 mm TL, CSIRO H 8011-02, female 200 mm TL, west of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°19’3.24” S, 146°11’50.1” E, 12 m depth, 27 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8012-01, juvenile male 270 mm TL, southwest of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°20’38.46” S, 146°12’46.38” E, 12–14 m depth, 27 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8013-01, female 360 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°13’42.18” S, 146°5’15.18” E, 16–18 m depth, 29 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8014-01, female 180 mm TL, southwest of Lalapipi , Gulf of Papua, 8°15’19.5” S, 146°7’4.56” E, 14–16 m depth, 29 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8016-01, female 260 mm TL, CSIRO H 8016-02, juvenile male 230 mm TL, south Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°3’58.14” S, 145°46’38.64” E, 15–16 m depth, 30 Aug. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8026-01, female 290 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°8’23” S, 146°3’40” E, 8–15 m depth, 10 Apr. 2015 ; CSIRO H 8152-01 (dried jaw), female 810 mm TL, south of Deception Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°9’ S, 144°28’ E, 19–23 m depth, 9 Dec. 2014 ; KFRS E.601, female 290 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°9’31.62” S, 146°1’38.04” E, 16 m depth, 24 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.604, juvenile male 260 mm TL, west of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°17’54.3” S, 146°12’18.9” E, 9–10 m depth, 26 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.607, juvenile male 300 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°9’9.78” S, 145°59’2.22” E, 15–18 m depth, 30 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.609, female 310 mm TL, southeast of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°4’4.14” S, 145°47’30.3” E, 17–18 m depth, 31 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.618, female 840 mm TL, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°1’21” S, 145°43’35.4” E, 17–18 m depth, 22 Jun. 2014 ; KFRS E.621, female 810 mm TL, west of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°19’38” S, 146°11’41” E, 16–17 m depth, 28 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.630, female 260 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°8’6.66” S, 145°59’23.58” E, 14–19 m depth, 24 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.633, female 280 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°9’48.66” S, 145°57’58.2” E, 16–20 m depth, 25 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.634, juvenile male 280 mm TL, west of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°19’3.24” S, 146°11’50.1” E, 12 m depth, 27 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.639, juvenile male 320 mm TL, southwest of Avirara , Gulf of Papua, 8°20’38.46” S, 146°12’46.38” E, 12–14 m depth, 27 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.640, female 260 mm TL, KFRS E.641, juvenile male 300 mm TL, southwest of Lalapipi , Gulf of Papua, 8°14’39.24” S, 146°6’12.96” E, 17–19 m depth, 29 Aug. 2015 ; KFRS E.671, female 180 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°8’19.2” S, 145°57’4.2” E, 14–18 m depth, 14 Jun. 2014 ; KFRS E.712, juvenile male 280 mm TL, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°2’40.2” S, 145°46’1.8” E, 15–16 m depth, 7 Jun. 2014 ; KFRS E.719, juvenile male 320 mm TL, KFRS E.720, juvenile male 390 mm TL, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°3’16.2” S, 145°44’57.6” E, 15–17 m depth, 22 Jun. 2014 ; KFRS E.753, female 200 mm TL, south of Deception Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°2’16” S, 144°38’26” E, 22–23 m depth, 15 Dec. 2014 ; KFRS E.760, female 420 mm TL, south of Deception Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°1’21” S, 144°39’16” E, 21–24 m depth, 16 Dec. 2014 ; KFRS E.765, female 850 mm TL, Gulf of Papua, 8°10’48” S, 144°26’47” E, 24 m depth, 8 Dec. 2014 ; KFRS E.772 (4 spec.), 3 males, 1 female, 222–307 mm TL, no collection data; KFRS E.773, juvenile male 292 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, Aug./ Sep. 1976 .

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973), but listed as not common. Abundant in the prawn trawl grounds of the Gulf of Papua. Recently photographed during fish surveys off Madang ( Fricke et al., 2014) and in coastal fisheries catches off Wewak (trap fishery).