Gogolia filewoodi Compagno, 1973

Sailback Houndshark

Gogolia filewoodi Compagno, 1973: 394, figs 1–7. Holotype: AMS I. 16858-001. Type locality: Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Local synonymy: Gogolia filewoodi Compagno, 1973: 383, Figs 1 –7 (Astrolabe Bay)— Compagno, 1984: 389 (Astrolabe Bay); Kailola, 1987: 13 (Astrolabe Bay); Compagno & Niem, 1998b: 1302; Ebert et al., 2013: 394, pl. 54 (PNG); Fricke et al., 2014: 13 (Madang Province); White et al., 2018: 116, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: (2 spec.) AMS I 16858 - 001 (holotype), pregnant female 722 mm TL, 1 mile north of Gogol River mouth, Astrolabe Bay, Madang Province, 5°18’ S, 145°50’ E, 73 m depth, 18 Jul. 1970; CAS 27588 (paratype), late-term embryo 224 mm TL; KFRS E.414 (paratype), late-term embryo, 224 mm TL, taken from holotype .

Remarks: First recorded from PNG by Compagno 1973 based on a pregnant female (and two late-term embryos) collected in 1970 by L.W. Filewood; no further specimens have been encountered since this date. The CAS paratype, one of the two late-term embryos, is listed as ‘not found’ by Eschmeyer et al. (2017). Endemic to PNG.