Cephaloscyllium stevensi Clark & Randall 2011

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 38

Cephaloscyllium stevensi Clark & Randall 2011 — Stevens’swellshark

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from New Ireland in original description ( Clark & Randall, 2011: 25), based on paratypes CSIRO H.6820-01, USNM 329583 , and USNM 358812 ; collected from off Bauddisson Island , Kavieng District. Very close to Cephaloscyllium signourum Last, Séret & White, 2008 from the Coral Sea; further material needed to better clarify how the two species differ.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Endemic to Papua New Guinea. Demersal, 240–616 m depth. Marine.