Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013

Milk-eye Catshark

Apristurus nakayai Iglésias, 2013: 516, Figs 2 –5. Holotype: MNHN 2003-1983. Type locality: Coriolis Bank, New Caledonia.

Local synonymy: White et al., 2017e: 26, Figs 11B, 12B, 13 (New Ireland); White et al., 2018: 104, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: (1 spec.) NTUM 11488, adult male 559 mm TL, south of Manne Island, New Ireland, 02°48' S, 150°42' E, 672–1150 m depth, 4 Sep. 2014.

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by White et al. (2017e); previously known only from New Caledonia. Represents only the second specimen known of this species. Identification confirmed with molecular data (see Fig. 8 in White et al., 2017e). A second PNG adult male was also caught, but not retained, off Lae (stations CP 3639, 7°22.582’ S, 147°31.797’ E, 900–932 m depth, 23 Aug. 2010).