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Issue: Vol. 4205 No. 3: 7 Dec. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.3.5
Page range: 255–264
Abstract views: 110
PDF downloaded: 3

Galeus corriganae sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae) from Papua New Guinea

CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS, 7001, AUSTRALIA CSIRO National Research Collections Australia-Australian National Fish Collection, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS, 7001, AUSTRALIA
School of Natural and Physical Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, P.O. Box 320, University P.O., National Capital District, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Pisces Galeus catshark new species Papua New Guinea Pentanchidae

Abstract

A new species of catshark, provisionally placed in the genus Galeus, is described from Papua New Guinea based on 7 specimens collected during recent deepwater surveys of the region. The new species, Galeus corriganae, is closest to G. priapus from New Caledonia and G. gracilis from northwestern Australia but differs in several morphological characters. A reclassification of the catshark groups is required to revise the familial and generic arrangement of the group.

 

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