Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841

Bigeye Thresher

Alopecias superciliosus Lowe, 1841: 39 . Also Lowe, 1849: 18 (sometimes dated 1839). Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Type locality: Madeira, Eastern Atlantic.

Local synonymy: White et al., 2018: 86, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: None.

Remarks: Caught as bycatch in the pelagic longline fisheries in PNG; verified by photographs, with accompanying muscle and vertebral samples, from fisheries observers.