Sailback houndshark

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Sailback houndshark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Triakidae Genus: Gogolia Compagno, 1973 Species: G. filewoodi
Binomial name
Gogolia filewoodi Compagno, 1973

The sailback houndshark, Gogolia filewoodi, is a hound shark of the family Triakidae, the only member of the genus Gogolia, found in deep water on the continental shelf off northern Papua New Guinea. The only known specimen was taken at a depth of 73 m - it was 74  cm long.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

[edit] References

• "Gogolia filewoodi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.