Carcharhinus amboinensis (Muller & Henle 1839)
- Dataset
- An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Chondrichthyes
- order
- Carcharhiniformes
- family
- Carcharhinidae
- genus
- Carcharhinus
- species
- Carcharhinus amboinensis
discussion
Remarks: First recorded by Filewood (1973) with dried jaws from his collection collected in the mid- 1960 s. Recorded in the coastal and trawl fisheries catches in southern PNG (Daru to Milne Bay).
materials_examined
PNG voucher material: (5 spec.) KFRS E. 019, Ramu River mouth, 18 Jul. 1965; KFRS E. 031, Kairuku, Yule Island, 20 Oct. 1964; KFRS E. 179, male, near McDhui wreck, Port Moresby, 26 Apr. 1965; KFRS E. 368, Numa Numa, Bougainville, Aug. 1969; KFRS E. 622, female 910 mm TL, Freshwater Bay, Gulf of Papua, 8 ° 5 ’ 38 ” S, 145 ° 50 ’ 37 ” E, 13 – 14 m depth, 30 Aug. 2015.