Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871)

Snaggletooth Shark

Dirrhizodon elongatus Klunzinger, 1871: 665 . Holotype: SMNS 1640 (dry); probably lost. Type locality: Al-Qusair, Egypt, Red Sea.

Local synonymy: Hemipristis elongatus— Filewood, 1973: 3 (PNG); Kailola, 1987: 20 (Yule Island); Hemipristis elongata— White et al., 2018: 124, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) KFRS E.005 (dried jaws), Hall Sound, Central Province, Oct. 1963.

Remarks: First recorded in PNG by Filewood (1973), presumably based on KFRS E.005. One specimen observed in a prawn trawl vessel freezer in Western Province and two dried fins confirmed as this species photographed from Milne Bay Province during recent surveys.