Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)

Oceanic Whitetip Shark

Squalus longimanus Poey, 1861: 338, pl. 19 (figs 9, 10). No type known. Type locality: Cuba, Western Atlantic .

Local synonymy: Carcharhinus maou— Filewood, 1973: 7 (PNG). Carcharhinus longimanus— Kailola, 1987: 17 (Kranket Island; Milne Bay); White et al., 2018: 150, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: None.

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Filewood (1973) as Carcharhinus maou (Lesson, 1829), a junior synonym of C. longimanus . Records of Kranket Island and Milne Bay by Kailola (1987) based on two destroyed KFRS specimens (E.94, Kranket Island, Madang, Dec. 1962; E. 322, 2020 mm TL, Milne Bay district, 2 Aug. 1967).