The Species Black List

Gogolia filewoodi

sailback houndshark

The sailback houndshark (Gogolia filewoodi) is a distinctive-looking species known only from a single pregnant female taken by hand line in deep water off a river mouth in Papua New Guinea.

Status

Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List

Restriction tier

2, restricted, extent unclear

Class

Chondrichthyes

Realm

Oceanic

Locality

The Bismarck Sea

As IUCN records it

Gogolia filewoodi Compagno, 1973