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To Be, or Not to Be: That Is the Hamletic Question of Cryptic Evolution in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Raja miraletus Species Complex. Animals, 13(13), Article 2139
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Van Staden, M. & Ebert, D.A. & Gennari, E. & Leslie, R.W. & McCord, M.E. & Parkinson, M. & Watson, R.G.A. & Wintner, S. & da Silva, C. & Van der Merwe, A.B. (2023)
Molecular Taxonomy of South Africa's Catsharks: How Far Have We Come? Diversity, 15(7), Article 828
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Van der Heever, G.M. & Yemane, D. & Leslie, R.W. & Van der Lingen, C.D. & Gibbons, M.J. (2023)
Modeling and comparing the distributions and associations of two co-occurring catshark species off South Africa. Journal of Fish Biology, in press
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Ebert, D.A. & Leslie, R.W. & Weigmann, S. (2021)
Etmopterus brosei sp. nov.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade. Marine Biodiversity, 51(3), Article 53
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Crobe, V. & Ferrari, A. & Hanner, R. & Leslie, R.W. & Steinke, D. & Tinti, F. & Cariani, A. (2021)
Molecular Taxonomy and Diversification of Atlantic Skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes): Adding More Pieces to the Puzzle of Their Evolutionary History. Life, 11(7), Article 596
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Van der Heever, G.M. & Van der Lingen, C.D. & Leslie, R.W. & Gibbons, M.J. (2020)
Spatial and ontogenetic variability in the diet and trophic ecology of two co-occurring catsharks (Scyliorhinidae) off South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 42(4), 423–438
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Ebert, D.A. & Leslie, R.W. (2019)
Leucoraja elaineae sp. nov., a new rough skate (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4691(3), 225–234
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Ebert, D.A. & Straube, N. & Leslie, R.W. & Weigmann, S. (2016)
Etmopterus alphus n. sp.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the south-western Indian Ocean. African Journal of Marine Science, 38(3), 329–340
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Straube, N. & Leslie, R.W. & Clerkin, P.J. & Ebert, D.A. & Rochel, E. & Corrigan, S. & Li, C. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2015)
On the occurrence of the southern Lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus, off south Africa, with comments on the validity of E. compagnoi. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 115, 11–17
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Van der Vyver, J.S.F. & de Bruyn, P.J.N. & Lipinski, M.R. & Leslie, R.W. (2015)
First record of a porbeagle shark Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) stranding at sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8, Article e67
DOI: 10.1017/S1755267215000500

da Silva, C. & Booth, A.J. & Dudley, S.F.J. & Kerwath, S.E. & Lamberth, S.J. & Leslie, R.W. & McCord, M.E. & Sauer, W.H.H. & Zweig, T. (2015)
The current status and management of South Africa's chondrichthyan fisheries. African Journal of Marine Science, 37(2), 233–248
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Abundance, distribution, morphometrics, reproduction and diet of the Izak catshark. Journal of Fish Biology, 56(3), 552–576
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