Squalus Linnaeus, 1758

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 11

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Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758

Dogfishes

Squalus Linnaeus, 1758: 233 . Type species: Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation of Gill, 1862: 39.

Species indeterminable: Squalus blainvillei ?— Kailola, 1987: 23 (Rabaul; based on KFRS E.346, two juveniles, 10 Nov. 1968 which were destroyed; label identification Squalus fernandinus ). Squalus megalops — Kailola, 1987: 22 (Gulf of Papua). Without specimens or images, neither of these names can be attributed to species known to occur in PNG waters (see below).