Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 26

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5983037

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013
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Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013

Milk-eye Catshark

Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013: 516 , Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 –5. Holotype: MNHN 2003-1983 View Materials . Type locality: Coriolis Bank , New Caledonia.

Local synonymy: White et al., 2017e: 26, Figs 11B, 12B, 13 (New Ireland) ; White et al., 2018: 104, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) NTUM 11488 , adult male 559 mm TL, south of Manne Island , New Ireland, 02°48' S, 150°42' E, 672–1150 m depth, 4 Sep. 2014. GoogleMaps

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by White et al. (2017e); previously known only from New Caledonia. Represents only the second specimen known of this species. Identification confirmed with molecular data (see Fig. 8 in White et al., 2017e). A second PNG adult male was also caught, but not retained, off Lae (stations CP 3639, 7°22.582’ S, 147°31.797’ E, 900–932 m depth, 23 Aug. 2010).

PNG

Division of Primary Industry

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Chondrichthyes

Order

Carcharhiniformes

Family

Scyliorhinidae

Genus

Apristurus

Loc

Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred 2018
2018
Loc

Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013 : 516

Iglésias, 2013 : 516
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