An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ko’Ou, Alfred
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-19
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1
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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
.