Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Blue Shark

Squalus glaucus Linnaeus, 1758: 235 . No types known. Type locality: northeastern Atlantic (localities include England and Italy) .

Local synonymy: Prionace glauca— Filewood, 1973: 3 (PNG); Kailola, 1987: 18 (PNG); White et al., 2018: 172, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: None.

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973). Common in bycatch of pelagic fisheries in PNG; verified by photographs, with accompanying muscle and vertebral samples, from fisheries observers during recent surveys. Found to be occasionally misidentified as longfin mako Isurus paucus .