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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom:

 

DENTON, E.J. & NICOL, J.A.C. 1964 The choroidal tapeta of some cartilaginous fishes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 44 (1): 219-258

STEVENS, J.D. 1973 Stomach contents of the blue shark (Prionace glauca L.) of south-west England. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 53 (2): 357-361

BOXSHALL, G.A. 1974 Infections with parasitic copepods in North Sea marine fishes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 54 (2): 355-372, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-3

JOHANSSON-SJOBECK, M.L. & STEVENS, J.D. 1976 Haematological studies on the blue shark, Prionace glauca L. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 56: 237-240.

CRAIK, J.C.A. 1978 The lipids of six species of shark. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 58 (4): 913-921

FÄNGE, R. 1982 Exogenous otoliths in elasmobranchs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 62: 225

BONE, Q. & CHUBB, A.D. 1983 The retial system of the locomotor muscles in the thresher shark. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 63 (1): 239-241

MORRIS, R.J. & BALLANTINE, J.A. & ROBERTS, J.C. 1983 The sterol composition of some shark livers.Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 63 (2): 295-299

SMITH, R.L. & RHODES, D. 1983 Body temperature of the salmon shark, Lamna ditropis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 63 (1): 243-244

LLEWELLYN, J. & GREEN, J.E. & KEARN, G.C. 1984 A check-list of monogenean (platyhelminth) parasites of Plymouth hosts. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 64 (4): 881-887

SMALE, M.J. & SAUER, W.H.H. & HANLON, R.T. 1995 Attempted ambush predation on spawning squids Loligo vulgaris reynaudii by benthic pyjama sharks, Poroderma africanum, off South Africa. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 75 (3): 739-742

SIMS, D.W. & DAVIES, S.J. & BONE, Q. 1996 Gastric emptying rate and return of appetite in lesser spotted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 76 (2): 479-491

 

 

Journal of Ichthyology:

PINCHUK, V.I. & PERMITIN, Y.Y. 1970 New data on dogfish sharks of the Family Squalidae in the southeastern Atlantic. Journal of Ichthyology, 10 (3): 273-276

RASS, T.S. & LINDBERG, G.U. 1971 Modern concepts of the classification of living fishes. Journal of Ichthyology, 11: 302-319

GUBANOV, Y.P. 1972 On the biology of the thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre)) in the northwest Indian Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 12 (4): 591-600, figs 1-2, tabs 1-3

DOMANEVSKIY, L.N. 1975 The Frill Shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus, from the Cape Blanc Area (Central Eastern Atlantic). Journal of Ichthyology, 15 (6): 1000-1002

GUBANOV, Y.P. & GRIGOREV, V.N. 1975 Distribution and biology of the blue shark Prionace glauca (Carcharhinidae) of the Indian Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 15: 37-43

GUBANOV, Y.P. 1976 The first catch of a tagged thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus). Journal of Ichthyology, 16 (3): 497-498

SVETLOV, M.F. 1978 The porbeagle, Lamna nasus, in Antarctic waters. Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (5): 850-851

GUBANOV, Y.P. 1978 The reproduction of some species of pelagic sharks from the equatorial zone of the Indian Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 18: 781-792

MYAGKOV, N.A. & KONDYURIN, V.V. 1978 Reproduction of the catshark Apristurus saldanha. Journal of Ichthyology, 4: 627-628

KONSTANTINOV, K.G. & NIZOVTSEV, G.P. 1979 The basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, in Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea. Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (1): 155-156

PIOTROVSKIY, A.S. & PRUT'KO, V.G. 1980 The occurrence of the goblin shark, Scapanorhynchus owstoni (Chondrichthyes, Scapanorhynchidae) in the Indian Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1): 124-125

TUMOKHIN, I.G. 1980 Discovery of the frill shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus, in the southwest Indian Ocean.  Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (1): 125-126

PINCHUK, V.I. 1981 Mistaken identification of the so-called "dogfish", a member of the gray shark genus, Carcharhinus , from open waters of world oceans. Journal of Ichthyology, 21 (5): 115-117

LITVINOV, F.F. 1982 Two forms of teeth in Blue shark, Prionace glauca (Carcharhinidae). Journal of Ichthyology, 22 (4): 154-156

LITVINOV, F.F. & AGAPOV, S.N. & KATALIMOV, V.G. & MIRONOV, S.G. 1983 Rate of tooth Replacement in Blue Shark, Prionace glauca (Carcharhinidae), in relation to Feeding. Journal of Ichthyology, 23 (1): 143-145

KONDYURIN, V.V. & MYAGKOV, N.A. 1983 Catches of newborn Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch and Schneider) (Dalatiidae). Journal of Ichthyology, 23 (6): 140-141

MYAGKOV, N.A. 1984 Unusual brain structure of luminous shark, Isistius brasiliensis (Dalatiidae). Journal of Ichthyology, 24 (2): 109-112

GUBANOV, E.P. 1985 Presence of the sharp tooth sand shark, Odontaspis ferox (Odontaspididae), in the open waters of the Indian Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 25 (2): 156-158

PARIN, N.V. & KOTLYAR, A.N. 1985 Electric rays of the genus Torpedo in open waters of the eastern south Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 26 (1): 1-12

GOLOVAN, G.A. & PAKHORUKOV, N.P. 1986 New records of rare species of cartilaginous fishes.  Journal of Ichthyology, 26: 117-120

MYAGKOV, N.A. & KONDYURIN, V.V. 1986 Dogfishes Squalus (Squalidae), of the Atlantic Ocean and comparative notes on the species of this genus from other regions. Journal of Ichthyology, 27 (1): 1-18

IVANOV, A. 1986 A new capture of the rare catshark, Apristurus longicephalus (Scyliorhinidae). Journal of Ichthyology, 27 (1): 147-149

IVANOV, A. 1987 On the distribution of the bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus, in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 26 (5): 121-122, fig

GUSHCHIN, A.V. & SUKHOVERSHIN, V.V. & KONOVALENKO, I.I. & SUKHORUKOVA, V.S. 1987 On the capture of the polar shark genus Somniosus (Squalidae) in the Southern Hemisphere. Journal of Ichthyology, 27 (1): 115-117

SHCHERBACHEV, Y.N. 1987 Preliminary list of thalassobathyal fishes of the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 27 (2): 37-46

MYAGKOV, N.A. 1987 External structure of the cephalic brain of the pelagic shark, Squaliolus laticaudus. Journal of Ichthyology, 27 (6): 125-127

GUBANOV, E.P. 1988 Morphological characteristics of the requiem shark, Carcharinus obscurus , of the Indian Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 28 (6): 68-73

KASHKIN, N.I. 1989 Mesopelagic ichthyofauna of the southwestern Pacific. Journal of Ichthyology, 29 (3): 116-127, tabs 1-4

BERESTOVSKIY, E.G. 1990 Feeding in the skates, Raja radiata and Raja fyllae, in the Barents and Norwegian seas. Journal of Ichthyology, 29 (8): 88-96

MANILO, L.G. 1993 New reports of fish on the shelf and upper slope of the Western Indian Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 33 (1): 128-136

BLAGODEROV, A.I. 1994 Seasonal distribution and some notes on the biology of salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 34 (2): 115-121, figs 1-2, table

ROMANOV, E.V. & SAMOROV, V.V. 1994 On discoveries of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Pseudocarchariidae), in the Equatorial Indian Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 34 (4): 155-157

SAVELEV, S.V. & CHERNIKOV, V.P. 1994 The oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, and its use of aerial olfaction in search for food. Journal of Ichthyology, 34 (6): 38-47

PSHENICHNOV, L.K. 1997 A new record for subantarctic fish fauna species of shark Squalus acanthias (Squalidae). Journal of Ichthyology, 37 (8): 678-679

SOKOLOVSKAYA, T.G. & SOKOLOVSKII, A.S. & SOBOLEVSKII, E.I. 1998 A list of fishes of Peter the Great Bay (the Sea of Japan). Journal of Ichthyology, 38 (1): 1-11

NOVIKOV, N.P. 2002 Ecology of the ratfish Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist) from the Madagascar and Mozambique submarine ridges. Journal of Ichthyology, 42 (3): 271-274

MANILO, L.G. & BOGORODSKY, S.V. 2003 Taxonomic composition, diversity and distribution of coastal fishes of the Arabian Sea. Journal of Ichthyology, 43 (1): 75-149

 

 

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

COUCH, J. 1838 Description of a species of ray-fish, not hitherto included in the British fauna. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 1), 2: 71-73

CHARLESWORTH, E. 1839 On the remains of a species of Hybodus from Lyme Regis. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 3): 242-248

 

Aqua, International Journal of Ichyology

LASSO, C.A. & RIAL, B.A. & LASSO-ALCALA, O. 1997 Notes on the biology of the freshwater stingrays Paratrygon aiereba (Müller & Henle, 1841) and Potamotrygon orbignyi (Castelnau, 1855) (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) in the Venezuelan Llanos. Aqua, International Journal of Ichyology, 2 (3): 39-50

HUMAN, B.A. 2011 Description of a unique catshark egg capsule (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from the North West Shelf, Western Australia. Aqua, International Journal of Ichyology, 17 (4): 199-209

 

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

WESTOLL, T.S. 1947 The Paired Fins of Placoderms. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 61 (2): 381-398

DICK, J.R.F. 1978 On the Carboniferous shark Tristychius arcuatus Agassiz from Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 70 (4): 63-109

COATES, M.I. & SEQUEIRA, S.E.K. 1998 The braincase of a primitive shark. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences, 89: 63-85

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KEMPER, J.M. & EBERT, D.A. & NAYLOR, G.J.P. & DIDIER, D.A. (2014): Chimaera carophila (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from New Zealand. Bulletin of Marine Science, 91 (1): 63-81


Abstract:
A new species of chimaeroid, Chimaera carophila sp. nov., is described from 37 specimens collected from deepwater slopes and seamounts around New Zealand. The new species is distinguished from its closest congeners, Chimaera fulva Didier et al. 2008, Chimaera macrospina Didier et al. 2008, and Chimaera obscura Didier et al. 2008, by its uniform pale-brown coloration, geographic distribution, and a combination of morphological characters, including longer dorsal and ventral caudal fin bases, a shorter first dorsal fin height, a shorter dorsal fin spine, and shorter claspers that are divided distally for one-third of their length. Chimaera carophila sp. nov. also can be distinguished from closely related species in New Zealand and Australian waters based on DNA sequence divergence of the NADH2 gene. Comparisons of body size in a large sample of specimens show considerable overlap in character ranges among congeners making species distinctions difficult. New combinations of morphometrics are suggested including ratios of head length to eye length and dorsal spine length to head length, to better distinguish among species of chimaeroids that are similar in overall appearance and size. Also, a key to New Zealand and Australian Chimaera species is provided.
 

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LUND, R. & GROGAN, E.D. & FATH, M. (2014):  On the relationships of the Petalodontiformes (Chondrichthyes). Paleontological Journal, 48 (9): 1015-1029
New genus: Fissodopsis
New species: Fissodopsis robustus
Abstract: The Petalodontiformes are Upper Paleozoic marine euchondrocephalan chondrichthyans known primarily from isolated teeth. Few dentitions have been reported, among them that of the Permian Janassa bituminosa and “Janassa” korni and the Serpukhovian, Mississippian Belantsea montana, Obruchevodus griffithiNetsepoye hawesiand Siksika ottae. A dentition has been reconstructed for the PennsylvanianPetalodus ohioensis. New information on dentitions and postcranial morphology is now introduced for petalodont remains from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana (USA). These include N. hawesi, Petalorhynchus beargulchensis, several specimens bearing teeth of theFissodus form, and a new genus and species, Fissodopsis robustus. Analysis of all material reveals dignathic heterodonty as prevalent among the Upper Mississippian petalodonts, with distinct regionalization resulting in large anterior and small lateral teeth. Fissodus-style teeth are found as the lower median tooth position of most heterodont dentitions, with aCtenoptychius-like upper anterior tooth or teeth, accompanied by lateral upper and lower teeth of Janassa-like form. As heterodonty seems to have been the plesiomorphic condition not only in these petalodonts but for the Euchondrocephali as well, a model is proposed to explain the derived homodont conditions found in Petalodus (Hansen, 1985),Polyrhizodus (Lund, 1983), Belantsea (Lund, 1989), and J. bituminosa (Jaekel, 1899). The principally dentition-based cladistic analysis retains the previously erected families Petalodontidae, Belantseidae, and Janassidae, rejects the assignment of ”J.” korni to Janassa, and suggests a heterodont clade for the remaining taxa. Two new families are designated on the basis of these data, the Petalorhynchidae and the Obruchevodidae.

LYAPIN, V.R. & BAGIROV, S.V. (2014):  The first record of Copodus Davis, 1883 (Chondrichthyes, Copodontiformes) from the Steshevian Regional Stage (Serpukhovian, Lower Carboniferous) of the Moscow Region. Paleontological Journal, 48 (10): 1045-1059
New species: Copodus lebedevi
Abstract: Deposits of the Steshevian Regional Stage of the Lower Carboniferous Serpukhovian of the Moscow Region have yielded abundant and taxonomically diverse fish remains, which are usually disarticulated but frequently well preserved. The dental plates of chondrichthians assigned to the genus Copodus Davis, 1883 (Copodontiformes, Copodontidae), collected in the Zabor’e and Kalinovskie Vyselki localities (Moscow Region, Serpukhovskii District), have not previously been recorded in these beds. A new species,Copodus lebedevi sp. nov., is established based on the shape of plates, crown sculpturing, and unique shape of the wear facet. C. angulatus (Davis, 1883); C. cornutus Davis, 1883; C. planus (Davis, 1883); C. spatulatus Davis, 1883, C. aff. planus (Davis, 1883), C. cf.prototypus Davis, 1883, and C. aff. spatulatus Davis, 1883 are described for the first time from the Serpukhovian of Russia. The occlusal pattern of the upper and lower jaw plates in various species of the genus Copodus is reconstructed experimentally based on the shape of the wear facet. This shape depends on the structure of the upper and lower jaw plates and their particular parts and is distinctive in each species.

IVANOV, A.O. & LEBEDEV, O.A. (2014):  Permian chondrichthyans of the Kanin Peninsula, Russia. Paleontological Journal, 48 (9): 1030-1043
New genus: Kanodus
New species: Kanodus robustus
Abstract: Chondrichthyan fish remains reported from the Permian (Kazanian) deposits of the Chiosha Bay, and the lower course of the Nadtey River of the Kanin Peninsula (Nenets Autonomous District, Arkhangelsk Region, Russia) include dental elements and scales belonging to Stethacanthus cf. S. altonensis (St. John et Worthen, 1875), Symmoriiformes gen. indet., “Ctenacanthus” sp. and “Lissodus” sp., Euselachii gen. indet.,Adamantina benedictae Bendix-Almgreen, 1993 and Kanodus robustus sp. nov. The latter genus is assigned to the previously monotypic family Psephodontidae. The record ofStethacanthus in the Middle Permian of Russia is its youngest occurrence worldwide, whilst the occurrence of Adamantina benedictae in the Middle Permian of the Kanin Peninsula is older than the Greenland record.

GROGAN, E.D. & LUND, R. & FATH, M. (2014):  A New Petalodont Chondrichthyan from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana, USA, with Reassessment of Netsepoye hawesi and Comments on the Morphology of Holomorphic Petalodonts. Paleontological Journal, 48 (9): 1003-1014
New genus: Obruchevodus
New species:  Obruchevodus griffithi
Abstract:  A new holomorphic petalodont from the Bear Gulch Limestone,Obruchevodus griffithi, is described and features of the related Netsepoye hawesi are reinterpreted. Comparison of these taxa with the holomorphic petalodontsJanassa bituminosa, Belantsea montana, and Siksika ottae provide insight into petalodont anatomical form and variation. All holomorphic material supports holostyly and nested, subcranial branchial arches. Teeth occur in families with linguo-labial replacement but alignment of most families relative to the jaw ramus results in a staggered tooth alignment between adjacent tooth families. Symphysial teeth are the exception to this pattern. Tooth retention is clearly indicated only in the homodont Janassa bituminosa. In contrast there is no evidence of tooth retention in examined petalodonts with a heterodont dentition. There is variation in styles of squamation among all forms; sexual dimorphism in scale development and distribution are suggested as well. Despite depressiform and compressiform conditions there is commonality in possession of a lobular, anteriorly extended and high aspect ratio pectoral fin, large pelvic fins, and absence of fin spines. Pectoral fins provide the primary means of locomotion. Variation in the ventral aspect of the pelvic girdle anatomy exists between that interpreted for Janassa and that documented by Obruchevodus andNetsepoye. Male claspers are long and highly flexible. Laterally compressed body forms display two dorsal fins (first being largest) that are variable in their vertical expanse along the length of the fin. Cranial anatomy shows some correspondence to general features of the Holocephali. Meckel’s cartilage is dorso-ventrally deep, as in extant chimaeroids, with contralaterals in symphysial fusion. Mandibular labial cartilages, when present, may be sexually dimorphic.


HAMM, S.A. 2015 Paraptychodus washitaensis n. gen. et n. sp., of Ptychodontid shark from the Albian of Texas, USA. Cretaceous Research, 54: 60-67
GenusParaptychodus
SpeciesParaptychodus washitaensis
Abstract: A new genus and species of Ptychodontiform elasmobranch, Paraptychodus washitaensis n. gen. et n. sp. is described on the basis of 13 teeth from the Middle Albian Duck Creek Formation of the Washita Group in north central Texas, USA. This material is significant as it demonstrates an intermediate tooth form between the Lonchidiidae andPtychodus with regard to occlusal ornamentation of the crown and tooth root morphology; the new taxon represents the earliest member of the family Ptychodontidae in North America. Analysis of dental characters and stratigraphic occurrences within the family suggests that P. washitaensis is a basal taxon and is the most recent ancestor ofPtychodus. Morphological trends of derived species of Ptychodus demonstrate continuous specialization in tooth crown morphologies. The diagnosis of P. washitaensis from the upper Albian of Texas adjusts the stratigraphic distribution of the genus Ptychodus to lower Cenomanian through lower Campanian.

 
 

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BYRKJEDAL, I. & CHRISTIANSEN, J.S. & KARAMUSHKO, O.V. & LANGHELLE, G. & LYNGHAMMAR, A. (2015): Arctic skate Amblyraja hyperborea preys on remarkably large glacial eelpouts Lycodes frigidus. Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12554
CÁRDENAS-PALOMO, N. & HERRERA-SILVEIRA, J. & VELÁZQUEZ-ABUNADER, I. & REYES, O. & ORDOÑEZ, U. (2015): Distribution and feeding habitat characterization of whale sharks Rhincodon typus in a protected area in the north Caribbean Sea. Journal of Fish Biology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12589
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CHURCHILL, D.A. & HEITHAUS, M.R. & GRUBBS, D. (2015): Effects of lipid and urea extraction on δ15N values of deep-sea sharks and hagfish: Can mathematical correction factors be generated? Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.12.013
CHURCHILL, D.A. & HEITHAUS, M.R. & VAUDO, J.J. & GRUBBS, D. & GASTRICH, K. & CASTRO, J.I. (2015): Trophic interactions of common elasmobranchs in deep-sea communities of the gulf of Mexico revealed through stable isotope and stomach content analysis. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.10.011
COSTA, T.L.A. & THAYER, J.A. & MENDES, L.F. (2015): Population characteristics, habitat and diet of a recently discovered stingray Dasyatis marianae: implications for conservation. Journal of Fish Biology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12572
COTTON, C.F. & GRUBBS, R.D. & DYB, J.E. & FOSSEN, I. & MUSICK, J.A. (2015): Reproduction and embryonic development in two species of squaliform sharks, Centrophorus granulosus and Etmopterus princeps: Evidence of matrotrophy? Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.10.009
DE BOECK, G. & WOOD, C.M. (2014): Does ammonia trigger hyperventilation in the elasmobranch, Squalus acanthias suckleyi? Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 206: 25-35  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2014.11.009
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DELORENZO, D.M. & BETHEA, D.M. & CARLSON, J.K. (2015): An assessment of the diet and trophic level of Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae.Journal of Fish Biology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12558
DHARMADI & FAHMI & WHITE, W.T (2015): Species composition and aspects of the biology of Orectolobiformes from Indonesian waters. Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12569
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GARCIA, G. & PEREYRA, S. & GUTIERREZ, V. & OVIEDO, S. & MILLER, P. & DOMINGO, A. (2015): Population structure of Squatina guggenheim (Squatiniformes, Squatinidae) from the south-western Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12560
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HOYOS-PADILLA, E. & KETCHUM, J.T. & KLIMLEY, A. & GALVÁN-MAGAÑA, F. (2014): Ontogenetic migration of a female scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini in the Gulf of California. Animal Biotelemetry, 2 (1): 17  http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2050-3385-2-17
HSU, H.H. & JOUNG, S.J. & HUETER, R.E. & LIU, K.-M. (2014): Age and growth of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the north-western Pacific. Marine and Freshwater Research, 65 (12): 1145–1154  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF13330
HUSSEY, N.E. & COSANDEY-GODIN, A. & WALTER, R.P. & HEDGES, K.J. & VANGERWEN-TOYNE, M. & BARKLEY, A.N. & KESSEL, S.T. & FISK, A.T. (2015): Juvenile Greenland sharks Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in the Canadian Arctic. Polar Biology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1610-y
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JEEVITHAN, E. & WU, W. & WANG, N. & LAN, H. & BAO, B. (2014): Isolation, purification and characterization of pepsin soluble collagen isolated from silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) skeletal and head bone. Process Biochemistry, 49 (10): 1767-1777  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2014.06.011
JEONG, D. & KIM, S. & KIM, C.-G. & LEE, Y.-H. (2014): The complete mitochondrial genome of the Korean skate: Hongeo koreana (Rajiformes, Rajidae). Mitochondrial DNA, 25 (6): 437-438  
JERVE, A. & JOHANSON, Z. & AHLBERG, P. & BOISVERT, C. (2014): Embryonic development of fin spines in Callorhinchus milii (Holocephali); implications for chondrichthyan fin spine evolution. Evolution & Development, 16 (6): 339-353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ede.12104
KADRIA, H. & MAROUANIA, S. & BRADAIA, M.N. & BOUAÏN, A. (2014): Diet and feeding strategy of thornback ray, Raja clavata (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) from the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia-Central Mediterranean Sea). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94 (7): 1509-1516  http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000587
KALINOSKI, M. & HIRONS, A. & HORODYSKY, A. & BRILL, R. (2014): Spectral sensitivity, luminous sensitivity, and temporal resolution of the visual systems in three sympatric temperate coastal shark species. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 200 (12): 997-1013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-014-0950-y
KAWAUCHI, J. & WEIGMANN, S. & NAKAYA, K. (2014): Apristurus breviventralis, a new species of deep-water catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa, 3881 (1): 001–016  http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3881.1.1
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KESSEL, S.T. & CHAPMAN, D.D. & FRANKS, B.R. & GEDAMKE, T. & GRUBER, S.H. & NEWMAN, J.M. & WHITE, E.R. & PERKINS, R.G. (2014): Predictable temperature-regulated residency, movement and migration in a large, highly mobile marine predator (Negaprion brevirostris). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 514: 175-190  http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10966
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KISZKA, J.J. & CHARLOT, K. & HUSSEY, N.E. & HEITHAUS, M.R. & SIMON-BOUHET, B. & HUMBER, F. & CAURANT, F. & BUSTAMANTE, P. (2014): Trophic ecology of common elasmobranchs exploited by artisanal shark fisheries off south‑western Madagascar. Aquatic Biology, 23 (1): 29-38  http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00602
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LEENEY, R.H. (2015): Fishers’ ecological knowledge of sawfishes in Lake Piso, Liberia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2542
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MULLEY, J.F. & HARGREAVES, A.D. & HEGARTY, M.J. & HELLER, R.S. & SWAIN, M.T. (2014): Transcriptomic analysis of the lesser spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) pancreas, liver and brain reveals molecular level conservation of vertebrate pancreas function. BMC Genomics, 15 (1): 1074 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-1074
MULVANY, S. & MOTTA, P.J. (2014): Prey Capture Kinematics in Batoids Using Different Prey Types: Investigating the Role of the Cephalic Lobes. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 321 (9): 515-530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.1883
MUNROE, S.E.M. & HEUPEL, M.R. & FISK, A.T. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A.  (2015): Geographic and temporal variation in the trophic ecology of a small-bodied shark: Evidence of resilience to environmental change. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0230
MUSICK, J.A. & COTTON, C.F. (2015): Bathymetric Limits of Chondrichthyans in the Deep Sea: a Re-evaluation. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.10.010i
MYRICK, J.G. & EVANS, S.D. (2014): Do PSAs Take a Bite Out of Shark Week? The Effects of Juxtaposing Environmental Messages With Violent Images of Shark Attacks.Science Communication, 36 (5): 544-569  http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1075547014547159
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NEWBY, J. & DARDEN, T. & SHEDLOCK, A.M. (2014): Population Genetic Structure of Spotted Eagle Rays, Aetobatus narinari, off Sarasota, Florida and the Southeastern United States. Copeia, 14 (3): 503-512  http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/CG-13-122
NIAMAIMANDI, N. & VALINASSAB, T. & ZARSHENAS, G.-A. (2014): Stock assessment of sharks in the northern part (Iranian waters) of the Persian Gulf.Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 3 (5): 397-400  http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.aff.20140305.21
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O'CONNELL, C.P. & HYUN, S.-Y. & RILLAHAN, C.B. & HE, P. (2014): Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) exclusion properties of the sharksafe barrier and behavioral validation using the ARIS technology. Global Ecology and Conservation, 2: 300–314 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2014.10.008
ORLANDO, P. & GONZÁLEZ-CASTRO, M. & MABRAGAÑA, E. (2015): New insights to discriminate between Sympterygia acuta Garman 1877 and Sympterygia bonapartii Müller & Henle, 1841 (Rajidae) of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: on the use of geometric morphometrics and spinulation pattern. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.12674
PALACIOS-BARRETO, P. & RAMÍREZ-HERNÁNDEZ, A. & MENDOZA-VARGAS, O.U. & NAVIA, A.F. (2014): Primer registro del tiburón mako Isurus oxyrinchus (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) en la costa de La Media Guajira, Caribe colombiano. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 42 (5): 1205-1209  http://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol42-issue5-fulltext-25
POLLERSPOECK, J. (2014): Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichtyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) - Papers of the year 2013 -www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 01/2014 ISSN: 2195-6499  http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/2.1.1924.8328
POORTVLIET, M. & OLSEN, J.L. & CROLL, D.A. & BERNARDI, G. & NEWTON, K. & KOLLIAS, S. & O'SULLIVAN, J. & FERNANDO, D. & STEVENS, G. & GALVÁN-MAGAÑA, F. & SÉRET, B. & WINTNER, S. & HOARAU, G. (2015): A dated molecular phylogeny of manta and devil rays (Mobulidae) based on mitogenome and nuclear sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 83: 72-85 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.012
POSE-MÉNDEZ, S. & CANDAL, E. & MAZAN, S. & RODRÍGUEZ-MOLDES, I. (2015): Genoarchitecture of the rostral hindbrain of a shark: basis for understanding the emergence of the cerebellum at the agnathan-gnathostome transition. Brain Structure and Function, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00429-014-0973-8
QUINTANA-URZAINQUI, I. & ANADÓN, R. & CANDAL, E. & RODRÍGUEZ-MOLDES, I. (2014): Development of the Terminal Nerve System in the Shark Scyliorhinus canicula. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 84 (4): 277-287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000367839
RENWART, M. & DELROISSE, J. & CLAES, J.M. & MALLEFET, J. (2014):Ultrastructural organization of lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax Linnaeus, 1758) photophores. Zoomorphology, 133 (4): 405-416  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00435-014-0230-y
RICHARDS, K. & O'LEARY, B.C. & ROBERTS, C.M. & ORMOND, R. & GORE, M. & HAWKINS, J.P. (2015): Sharks and people: Insight into the global practices of tourism operators and their attitudes to Shark behaviour. Marine Pollution Bulletin, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.004
RIZZARI, J.R. & FRISCH, A.J. & MAGNENAT, K.A. (2014): Diversity, abundance, and distribution of reef sharks on outer-shelf reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.Marine Biology, 161 (12): 2847-2855  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2550-3
RODRIGUEZ-CABELLO, C. & PEREZ, M. & BANON, R. (2014): Occurrence of Apristurus species in the Galicia Bank Seamount (NE Atlantic). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 30 (5): 906-915  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.12480
ROMERO-CAICEDO, A.F. & GALVÁN-MAGAÑA, F. & MARTÍNEZ-ORTIZ, J. (2014): Reproduction of the pelagic thresher shark Alopias pelagicus in the equatorial Pacific. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94 (7): 1501-1507  http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000927
RYLL, B. & SANCHEZ, S. & HAITINA, T. & TAFFOREAU, P. & AHLBERG, P.E. (2014): The genome of Callorhinchus and the fossil record: a new perspective on SCPP gene evolution in gnathostomes. Evolution & Development, 16 (3): 123-124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ede.12071
SCHLAFF, A.M. & HEUPEL, M.R. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2014): Influence of environmental factors on shark and ray movement, behaviour and habitat use: a review. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 24 (4): 1089-1103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-014-9364-8
SCHLUESSEL, V. & DUENGEN, D. (2015): Irrespective of size, scales, color or body shape, all fish are just fish: object categorization in the gray bamboo shark Chiloscyllium griseum. Animal Cognition, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0818-0
SEAMONE, S. & BLAINE, T. & HIGHAM, T.E. (2014): Sharks modulate their escape behavior in response to predator size, speed and approach orientation. Zoology, 117 (6): 377-82  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2014.06.002
SHIFFMAN, D.S. & HAMMERSCHLAG, N. (2014): An Assessment of the Scale, Practices, and Conservation Implications of Florida's Charter Boat-Based Recreational Shark Fishery. Fisheries, 39 (9): 395-407  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2014.941439
SOBRAL, A.F. & AFONSO, P. (2014): Occurrence of mobulids in the Azores, central North Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94 (8): 1671-1675  http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315414000964
STEPANEK, R. & KRIWET, J. (2015): Comparative morphology of the juvenile skeleton in freshwater stingrays with special focus on Paratrygon aiereba (Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2014.12.002
TEFFER, A.K. & STAUDINGER, M.D. & TAYLOR, D.L. & JUANES, F. (2014):Trophic influences on mercury accumulation in top pelagic predators from offshore New England waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Environmental Research, 101: 124-134  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.09.008
TRINNIE, F.I. & WALKER, T.I. & JONES, P.L. & LAURENSON, L.J. (2015):Asynchrony and regional differences in the reproductive cycle of the greenback stingaree Urolophus viridis from south-eastern Australia. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 98 (1): 425-441  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0273-4
TSAI, W.-P. & LIU, K.-M. & PUNT, A.E. & SUN, C.-L. (2015): Assessing the potential biases of ignoring sexual dimorphism and mating mechanism in using a single-sex demographic model: the shortfin mako shark as a case study. ICES Journal of Marine Science, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu210
TSUTSUI, S. & DOTSUTA, Y. & ONO, A. & SUZUKI, M. & TATENO, H. & HIRABAYASHI, J. & NAKAMURA, O. (2015): A C-type lectin isolated from the skin of Japanese bullhead shark (Heterodontus japonicus) binds a remarkably broad range of sugars and induces blood coagulation. Journal of Biochemistry, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvu080
VENKATESH, B. & LEE, A.P. & RAVI, V. & MAURYA, A.K. & KORZH, V. & LIM, Z.W. & INGHAM, P.W. & BOEHM, T. & BRENNER, S. & WARREN, W.C. (2014):On the origin of SCPP genes. Evolution & Development, 16 (3): 125-126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ede.12072
VERÍSSIMO, A. & COTTON, C.F. & BUCH, R.H. & GUALLART, J. & BURGESS, G.H. (2014): Species diversity of the deep-water gulper sharks (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae: Centrophorus) in North Atlantic waters – current status and taxonomic issues. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172 (4): 803–830 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12194
WEBSTER, L. & RUSSELL, M. & WALSHAM, P. & HUSSY, I. & LACAZE, J.-P. & PHILLIPS, L. & DALGARNO, E. & PACKER, G. & NEAT, F. & MOFFAT, C.F. (2014): Halogenated persistent organic pollutants in relation to trophic level in deep sea fish. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 88 (1-2): 14-27  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.09.034
WEIJS, L. & BRIELS, N. & ADAMS, D.H. & LEPOINT, G. & DAS, K. & BLUST, R. & COVACI, A. (2015): Bioaccumulation of organohalogenated compounds in sharks and rays from the southeastern USA. Environmental Research, 137:199-207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.12.022
WHITE, E.R. & NAGY, J.D. & GRUBER, S.H. (2014): Modeling the population dynamics of lemon sharks. Biology Direct, 9 (1): 23  http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6150-9-23
WHITEHEAD, D.L. & GAUTHIER, A.R. & MU, E.W. & BENNETT, M.B. & TIBBETTS, I.R. (2015): Morphology of the ampullae of Lorenzini in juvenile freshwater Carcharhinus leucas. Journal of Morphology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20355
YATES, P.M. & HEUPEL, M.R. & TOBIN, A.J. & MOORE, S.K. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2015): Diversity in immature-shark communities along a tropical coastline. Marine and Freshwater Research, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF14033
ZIELONKA, S. & EMPTING, M.& GRZESCHIK, J. & KÖNNING, D. & BARELLE, C.J. & KOLMAR, H. (2015): Structural insights and biomedical potential of IgNAR scaffolds from sharks. mAbs, 7 (1): 15-25  http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/19420862.2015.989032
ZIELONKA, S. & WEBER, N. & BECKER, S. & DOERNER, A. & CHRISTMANN, A. & CHRISTMANN, C. & UTH, C. & FRITZ, J. & SCHÄFER, E. & STEINMANN, B. & EMPTING, M. & OCKELMANN, & LIERZ, M. & KOLMAR, H. (2014): Shark Attack: High affinity binding proteins derived from shark vNAR domains by stepwise in vitro affinity maturation. Journal of Biotechnology, 191: 236–245  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.04.023
 

Extinct Chondrichthyes:

ARGYRIOU, T. & COOK, T.D. & MUFTAH, A.M. & PAVLAKIS, P. & BOAZ, N.T. & MURRAY, A.M. (2015): A fish assemblage from an early Miocene horizon from Jabal Zaltan, Libya. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 102: 86-101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.11.008
BARTH, G. & FRANZ, M. & HEUNISCH, C. & KUSTATSCHER, E. & THIES, D. & VESPERMANN, J. & WOLFGRAMM, M. (2014): Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) brackish to freshwater habitats at a fluvial-dominated delta plain (Seinstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 94 (4): 495-528 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12549-014-0168-6
BECK, K.G. & SOLER-GIJÓN, R. & CARLUCCI, J.R. & WILLIS, R.E. (2015):Morphology and histology of dorsal spines of the xenacanthid shark Orthacanthus platypternus from the Lower Permian of Texas, USA: palaeobiological and palaeoenvironmental implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00126.2014
CAPPETTA, H. & ADNET, S. & AKKRIM, D. & AMALIK, M. (2014): New Squalicorax species (Neoselachii: Lamniformes) from the Lower Maastrichtian of Ganntour phosphate deposit, Morocco. Palaeovertebrata, 38: e3  
CARLSEN, A.W. & CUNY, G. (2014): A study of the sharks and rays from the Lillebælt Clay (Early–Middle Eocene) of Denmark, and their palaeoecology. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 62: 39–88 
CARPENTER, D.K. & FALCON-LANG, H.J. & BENTON, M.J. & HENDERSON, E. (2014): Carboniferous (Tournaisian) fish assemblages from the Isle of Bute, Scotland: systematics and palaeoecology. Palaeontology, 57 (6): 1215–1240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12112
CHAHUD, A. & PETRI, S. (2014): New chondrichthyans from the Irati Formation (Early Permian, Parana Basin), Brazil: origin, paleoenvironmental and paleogeographical considerations. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 125 (4): 437-445  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.07.006
GAJIĆ, A. (2014): A potentional phylogenetic lineage of Cretolamna appendiculata Glückman, 1958 based on dental morphology. Abstract. STES - 7th Scientific Conference Students Encounter Science with international participation, At Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 
GROGAN, E.D. & LUND, R. & FATH, M. (2014): A New Petalodont Chondrichthyan from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana, USA, with Reassessment of Netsepoye hawesi and Comments on the Morphology of Holomorphic Petalodonts. Paleontological Journal, 48 (9): 1003-1014  http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0031030114090044
HAMM, S.A. (2015): Paraptychodus washitaensis n. gen. et n. sp., of Ptychodontid shark from the Albian of Texas, USA. Cretaceous Research, 54: 60-67 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.10.015
HECKERT, A.B. & JENKINS, H.S. (2014): The Microvertebrate Fauna of the Upper Triassic (Revueltian) Snyder Quarry, North-Central New Mexico. In: Geology of the Chama River Basin Albuquerque: New Mexico Geological Society: 319-334 
IVANOV, A. & MAERSS, T. (2014): New data on Karksiodus (Chondrichthyes) from the Main Devonian Field (East European Platform). Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63 (3): 156-165  http://dx.doi.org/10.3176/earth.2014.14
IVANOV, A.O. & LEBEDEV, O.A. (2014): Permian chondrichthyans of the Kanin Peninsula, Russia. Paleontological Journal, 48 (9): 1030-1043 http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0031030114090056
IVANOV, A.O. & LIAPIN, V.R. & BOLSHIJANOV, I.P. (2014): The Early Carboniferous neoselachian sharks of the Moscow syneclise. [in Russian] In: Palaeontology in the museum practice. Collection of the scientific articles. Moscow: MediaGgrand. 2014. 174 p.: 44-49 
JEREZ-JAIMES, J.H. & CRUZ-GUEVARA, L.E. & PINZÓN-GÓMEZ, R. & PORRAS-MONTERO, J.R. (2014): Primer registro de Serratolamna serrata  (Agassiz) (Pisces: Neoselachii) del Maastrichtiano (cretácico superior) en Colombia. Abstract In: Libro de resúmenes IV Encuentro colombiano sobre condrictios (2014 - Medellín): 70 
KOOT, M.B. & CUNY, G. & ORCHARD, M.J. & RICHOZ, S. & HART, M.B. & TWITCHETT, R.J. (2015): New hybodontiform and neoselachian sharks from the Lower Triassic of Oman. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2014.963179
KRIWET, J. & KLUG, S. (2014): Dental Patterns of the Stem-Group Hexanchoid Shark, Notidanoides muensteri (Elasmobranchii, Hexanchiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34 (6):1292-1306  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2014.874353
LOUTERBACH, M. & RODDAZ, M. & BAILLEUL, J. & ANTOINE, P.O. & ADNET, S. & KIM, J.H. & VAN SOELEN, E. & PARRA, F. & GERARD, J. & CALDERON, Y. & GAGNAISON, C. & DAMSTE, J.S. & SINNINGHE & BABY, P. (2014): Evidences for a Paleocene marine incursion in southern Amazonia (Madre de Dios Sub-Andean Zone, Peru). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 414: 451-471 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.09.027
LUND, R. & GROGAN, E.D. & FATH, M. (2014): On the relationships of the Petalodontiformes (Chondrichthyes). Paleontological Journal, 48 (9): 1015-1029 http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0031030114090081
LYAPIN, V.R. & BAGIROV, S.V. (2014): The first record of Copodus Davis, 1883 (Chondrichthyes, Copodontiformes) from the Steshevian Regional Stage (Serpukhovian, Lower Carboniferous) of the Moscow Region. Paleontological Journal, 48 (10): 1045-1059  http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0031030114100050
MANZANARES, E. & PLÁ, C. & MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C. & RASSKIN, D. & BOTELLA, H. (2014): The enameloid microstructure of euselachian (Chondrichthyes) scales. Paleontological Journal, 48 (10): 1060-1066  http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0031030114100062
MURRAY, A.M. & ARGYRIOU, T. & COOK, T.D. (2014): Palaeobiogeographic relationships and palaeoenvironmental implications of an earliest Oligocene Tethyan ichthyofauna from Egypt. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 51 (10): 909-918 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2014-0097
PADILLA, A. & EBERLE, J.J. & GOTTFRIED, M.D. & SWEET, A.R. & HUTCHISON, J.H. (2014): A Sand Tiger Shark-Dominated Fauna from the Eocene Arctic Greenhouse. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34 (6):1307-1316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2014.880446
PATNAIK, R. & SHARMA, K.M. & MOHAN, L. & WILLIAMS, B.A. & KAY, R. &V CHATRATH, P (2014): Additional vertebrate remains from the Early Miocene of Kutch, Gujarat. Special Publication of the Palaeontological Society of India, 5: 335-351 
REINECKE, T. & BALSBERGER, M. & BEAURY, B. & POLLERSPOECK, J. (2014): The elasmobranch fauna of the Thalberg Beds, early Egerian (Chattian, Oligocene), in the Subalpine Molasse Basin near Siegsdorf, Bavaria, Germany.Palaeontos, 26, 1-127, 9 text-figs, 2 tables, 38 plates 
SHARMA, K.M. & PATNAIK, R. (2014): Miocene fishes from BaripadaBbeds, Orissa and their palaeoenvironmental, palaeobiogeographic and palaeoclimatic significance.Special Publication of the Palaeontological Society of India, 5: 291-323 
SIVERSON, M. & LINDGREN, J. & NEWBREY, M.G. & CEDERSTRÖM, P. & COOK, T.D. (2015): Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Campanian) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2012.0137
SWEETMAN, S.C. & GOEDERT, J. & MARTILL, D.M. (2014): A preliminary account of the fishes of the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation (Wealden Group, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113 (3): 872-896  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12369
 

Parasites:

P. & CAIRA, J.N. & PICKERING, M. (2015): The dismantling of Calliobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) with erection of Symcallio n. gen. and description of two new species. Journal of Parasitology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/14-571.1
BEVERIDGE, I. & BRAY, R.A. & CRIBB, T.H. & JUSTINE, J.-L. (2014): Diversity of trypanorhynch metacestodes in teleost fishes from coral reefs off eastern Australia and New Caledonia. Parasite (Paris, France), 21: 60  http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2014060
JENSEN, K. & MOJICA, K.R. & CAIRA, J.N. (2014): A new genus and two new species of lecanicephalidean tapeworms from the striped panray, Zanobatus schoenleinii (Rhinopristiformes: Zanobatidae), off Senegal. Folia Parasitologica, 61 (5): 432-440 
MENORET, A. & IVANOV, V.A. (2014): Eutetrarhynchid trypanorhynchs (Cestoda) from elasmobranchs off Argentina, including the description of Dollfusiella taminii sp n. and Parachristianella damiani sp n., and amended description of Dollfusiella vooremi (Sao Clemente et Gomes, 1989). Folia Parasitologica, 61 (5): 411-431 http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2014.056
PODDUBNAYA, L.G. & HEMMINGSEN, W. & GIBSON, D.I. (2014): Clamp ultrastructure of the basal monogenean Chimaericola leptogaster (Leuckart, 1830) (Polyopisthocotylea: Chimaericolidae). Parasitology Research, 113 (11): 4023-4032  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-4070-y
SCHAEFFNER, B.C. & BEVERIDGE, I. (2014): The trypanorhynch cestode fauna of Borneo. Zootaxa, 3900 (1): 021–049  http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3900.1.2
 
 
 

MISCELLANEOUS:



Two new records of Chlamydoselachus anguineus:

First record: Chlamydoselachus anguineus GARMAN, 1884, 177 cm female caught at a depth of 695 m some 12 miles off the coast of Galicia in a gillnet; © Toño Maño, Tiburones en Galicia, Spain




 
Second record:

source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150122-frilled-shark-australia-deep-sea-creatures/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20150122news-shark&utm_campaign=Content&sf7066999=1

Rare Shark That Inspired Sea Monster Myths Is Caught
Frilled sharks are rarely seen denizens of the deep that resemble their dinosaur-era ancestors.

 
Picture of a frilled shark

This frilled shark was pulled up from the waters off Australia this week, offering a rare look at a deep-sea creature.

PHOTOGRAPH BY SETFIA

Brian Clark Howard

National Geographic

PUBLISHED JANUARY 22, 2015

With its gaping, tooth-filled mouth and its slender, eel-like body, it’s not hard to see why scientists think the frilled shark may have inspired ancient tales of sea monsters. Looking like something out of a nightmare, the deep-sea creature is rarely seen. But fishers in Australia pulled one up this week.

The frilled shark is often called a “living fossil” because it is thought to have changed little in about 80 million years. The fish also bears a resemblance to ancestor species that lived during the time of the dinosaurs.

On Tuesday, Australian media reported that a fishing trawler pulled up a six-foot-long (two-meter) frilled shark in waters near Lakes Entrance off southeastern Victoria, Australia.

Simon Boag of Australia’s South East Trawl Fishing Association told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that no local fisher had ever seen the creature before. “It does look 80 million years old,” Boag told the ABC. “It looks prehistoric. It looks like it’s from another time!” (See rare video of another species of “sea serpent.”)

“It has 300 teeth over 25 rows, so once you’re in that mouth, you’re not coming out,” he said. 

The shark "was on its last legs" when it made it to the surface, Boag told National Geographic.

Boag said the frilled shark was caught in about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) of water. The species has previously been found at depths up to 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) but is generally thought to live no deeper than 4,000 feet (1,200 meters).  than 4,000 feet (1,200 meters).

Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), confirmed that the specimen was a frilled shark.

Frilled sharks are occasionally seen at the surface, mostly when they are sick. Most known specimens have been around six feet (two meters) in length. But the California-based MarineBio Conservation Society says that the netting of a 25-foot-long (7.6-meter) shark related to the frilled shark in 1880 “suggests there may be some giant frilled sharks in the sea that could be taken for sea serpents.”

In 2007 a 5.3-foot-long (1.6-meter) frilled shark was found in shallow water in Japan and transferred to a marine park. It died hours after being caught.The shark "was on its last legs" when it made it to the surface, Boag told National Geographic.

Boag said the frilled shark was caught in about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) of water. The species has previously been found at depths up to 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) but is generally thought to live no deeper 

Picture of a frilled shark
The six-foot-long (two-meter) shark has a slender body and a mouth full of teeth.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SETFIA

 

 
   

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The Protect Africa's Sawfishes project would be very grateful for any further donations of unused, point-and-shoot digital cameras to the project.



The Protect Africa's Sawfishes project aims to assess where in Africa sawfishes can still be found, in order to focus future conservation and research efforts in those areas. In 2014, interviews with fishers, fish traders and fisheries observers were carried out along the entire Mozambican coast, with the help of the Mozambican Fisheries Research Institute (Instituto Nacional de Investigação Pesceira, IIP). As part of this work, training was provided to IIP staff members in identifying sawfish species and collecting basic information from any sawfishes they might see during their work at fish landings sites or as observers on industrial fishing vessels. Two digital cameras were donated to the project, and these were provided to IIP staff who were encouraged to take photos of sawfishes and other unusual shark and ray species. 
In December 2014, Martinho Padera, who works for IIP's office in Beira, was working as an observer on a shrimp trawler fishing in southern Mozambican waters. They caught three saw sharks as bycatch during their trawls, and Martinho was able to take photographs and length measurements of these rare, deep-water sharks. This shows how valuable a digital camera can be in encouraging local staff to collect additional data and to take an interest in species which are usually simply discarded at sea. The Protect Africa's Sawfishes project would be very grateful for any further donations of unused, point-and-shoot digital cameras to the project. They will all be passed on to fisheries and NGO staff who have received training and who show enthusiasm and interest in the project. Your donation might just encourage someone to take an interest in, and eventually conserve, sharks and rays in African waters!
Ruth H. Leeney, PhD

Benguela Research & Training
Walvis Bay, Namibia
 

sourcehttp://www.calacademy.org/press/releases/scientists-document-longest-ever-case-of-sperm-storage-in-sharks
Scientists document longest-ever case of sperm storage in sharks

A brownbanded bamboo shark at the California Academy of Sciences lays viable egg—with healthy pup—after 45-month seclusion from males
Brownbanded bamboo shark pup in coral lagoon
  • © Timothy Wong at the California Academy of Sciences

SAN FRANCISCO (January 8, 2015) — Brownbanded bamboo sharks take the term “resourceful” to a whole new level. Steinhart Aquarium biologists at the California Academy of Sciences were taken aback when a shark egg case dropped by an adult bamboo shark showed signs of healthy development. The scientists had good reason for surprise: the aquarium’s female Chiloscyllium punctatum adults had spent nearly four years—45 months—in complete isolation from males.

When one viable egg resulted in the birth of a healthy pup, Academy scientists set out to examine this unprecedented example of sharks’ long-suspected (but little-documented) ability to store sperm over long periods of time. Their results, published in the Journal of Fish Biology, mark the longest documented case of sperm storage in any species of shark, and highlight a bright bit of news for the future of wild sharks threatened by overfishing and habitat loss.

“Long-term sperm storage—where a female can delay fertilization for months or even years after mating—is a remarkable adaptation that helps promote genetic diversity,” says Dr. Luiz Rocha, Academy Curator of Ichthyology. “In contrast, asexual reproduction produces offspring with very little genetic variation. Exploring the bamboo shark’s ability to store sperm gives us hope that wild sharks can help protect their population’s genetic diversity when mates are scarce and serious threats arise.”

The Academy’s scientific investigation began in 2010, when curious Academy biologist Nancy Sinai wondered whether any of the shark egg cases regularly found in the aquarium’s Shark Lagoon exhibit might be viable. Much like the hens that lay our breakfast eggs, many sharks are known to produce unfertilized eggs. Biologists transferred several brownish egg cases from the Lagoon into a separate incubator on public display, where two of the eggs showed signs of healthy embryonic development. While one egg failed to develop successfully, the other flourished. On January 21, 2012, a healthy bamboo shark pup emerged from its egg and began its life at the Academy’s Steinhart Aquarium.

A team of Academy scientists—including Rocha and Veterinarian Dr. Freeland Dunker—were left to investigate how this seemingly unlikely birth may have occurred in the absence of male sharks.

“It’s highly unlikely that the bamboo sharks mated with another individual in the aquarium,” says lead author Moisés A. Bernal, PhD candidate and researcher in the Academy’s Ichthyology Department. “All the other sharks in the Lagoon are female. There is one male Javanese cownose ray, but mating between sharks and rays is only a very remote possibility.”

Two guesses were more likely: either a female adult shark reproduced asexually in a process called “parthenogenesis” (as has been observed in four different shark species), or it had stored sperm from its last mating event several years before the fertilized egg appeared in the Lagoon. Aquarium records showed that the Academy’s three female bamboo sharks—each a possible mother to the new pup—had no contact with compatible males since their 2007 residence at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Southern California.

Armed with highly advanced genetic tools, scientists headed to the lab to solve the mystery of the brownbanded bamboo pup. Dunker and his veterinarian team removed tiny DNA-packed slivers from the fins of the pup and the three potential mothers during their annual physical exam. Researchers used this DNA to craft genetic profiles for each individual, and ran them through a series of genetic tests for comparison. In a strike against the asexual reproduction theory, the shark pup displayed comparable results with each female on a particular genetic test that looks at genetic variation within an individual. If the mother had reproduced asexually through parthenogenesis, the offspring would have shown less genetic variation than that of its mother.

The pup also displayed genetic material—in the form of 32 alleles, or parts of genes—absent from all three adult females. Study authors concluded that the young shark most likely inherited this “mystery” genetic material from its father—an unknown male from the long-ago tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

While the new study results are the first documentation of long-term sperm storage inC. punctatum, the advantageous adaptation has been observed in other sharks (and many other animals, including marsupials, insects, and frogs). After mating, some female sharks can store sperm in the tubules near their oviduct—an important reproductive area that helps produce the jelly-like substance that surrounds fertilized shark eggs.

The ability to store sperm gives females the power to produce young regardless of whether or not they are ovulating when mating occurs, and also means a potential pup will have unique genetic contributions from both its mother and its father. This type of genetic diversity is a boon for wild populations. Diversity is critical in maintaining the health of populations—especially those pared down by overfishing, environmental threats, and a lack of potential reproductive partners. Like a monoculture crop destroyed by a single pest species, populations that lack diversity are susceptible to widespread die-off in the face of significant threats.

“Questions remain,” adds Bernal, in reference to next research steps. “We know that several species of sharks have reproductive tactics like storing sperm or reproducing by parthenogenesis in the absence of males, but we need to know when and how these alternate techniques are triggered. Understanding these mechanisms—and how they impact genetic diversity—could be vital for the future of shark conservation.”