Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915)

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 41

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5983184
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scientific name	Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915)
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Australian Sharpnose Shark

Physodon taylori Ogilby, 1915: 117 . Holotype: QM I.738 [not QM I.4539], apparently lost. Type locality: Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Local synonymy: Rhizoprionodon taylori— Filewood, 1973: 4 (PNG); Kailola, 1987: 18 (Western Papua to Yule Island; Madang?); Last & Stevens, 2009: 284 (PNG); Ebert et al., 2013: 498, pl. 73 (PNG); White et al., 2018: 178, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (23 spec.) CSIRO H 7612-03, female 420 mm TL, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°1’12” S, 145°42’2.4” E, 13–14 m depth, 21 Jun. 2014 GoogleMaps ;; CSIRO H 7814-08, male 360 mm TL, CSIRO H 7814- 0 9, male 360 mm TL, CSIRO H 7814-11, pregnant female 580 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 GoogleMaps ; KFRS E.260 (12 embryos), 28–90 mm TL, Fairfax Harbour , Port Moresby, 7 Aug. 1965 ; KFRS E.279A, juvenile male 230 mm TL, north of Yule Island , Central Province, Apr. 1966 ; KFRS E.653, female 560 mm TL, south of Deception Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°1’23” S, 144°36’37” E, 21–22 m depth, 29 Nov. 2014 GoogleMaps ; KFRS E.675, female 540 mm TL, east of Fly River mouth, Gulf of Papua, 8°9’5” S, 144°26’53” E, 22–24 m depth, 9 Dec. 2014 GoogleMaps ; KFRS E.698, female 580 mm TL, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°2’3.6” S, 145°44’12” E, 16 m depth, 17 Jun. 2014 GoogleMaps ; KFRS E.702, male 560 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°6’39.6” S, 145°53’57” E, 15–19 m depth, 19 Jun. 2014 GoogleMaps ; KFRS E.706, male 450 mm TL, south of Kerema , Gulf of Papua, 8°4’25.3” S, 145°44’36” E, 18–21 m depth, 11 Jun. 2014 GoogleMaps ; KFRS E.711, female 340 mm TL, Freshwater Bay , Gulf of Papua, 8°6’4.2” S, 145°53’12.6” E, 13 m depth, 16 Jun. 2014 GoogleMaps .

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973), listed as uncommon. Very abundant in the bycatch of the Gulf of Papua prawn trawl fishery. Small species with most size classes not large enough to get caught in gillnets targeting barramundi.