Gogolia filewoodi Compagno, 1973
Sailback houndshark
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: 1970 (Compagno, 1973)
Rediscovered in: 2020 (Sagumai et al., 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Papua New Guinea
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Compagno, L. J. V. (1973). Gogolia filewoodi, a new genus and species of shark from New Guinea (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), with a redefinition of the family Triakidae and a key to triakid genera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 39: 383-410.
Other references:
Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. and Compagno, L. J. V. (2013). Sharks of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth.
Fowler, S. L. (SSG Australia & Oceania Regional Workshop, March 2003). (2003). Gogolia filewoodi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T41813A10568482. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T41813A10568482.en. Accessed on 23 August 2025.
Sagumai, Jack, Samuel, Rebecca H., White, William T. and Grant, Michael I. (2025). Rediscovery of one of the world's rarest sharks, the sailback houndshark Gogolia filewoodi, in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70196
White, W. T., Baje, L., Sabub, B., Appleyard, S. A., Pogonoski, J. J. and Mana, R. R. (2017). Sharks and rays of Papua New Guinea. ACIAR Monograph No. 189 (p. 327). Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
White, W. T. and Ko'ou, A. (2018). An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4411: 1-82. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1.1
WWF. (2020). Rapid assessment survey of sharks and rays in Madang province. Unpublished technical report.