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  • Succesfull implementation of our first video files!

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Missing papers:

Many thanks to all friends of shark-references, who sent us some missing papers last month!

Shark-References would kindly like to ask you for your contribution to this project.

At the moment we are looking forthe following papers:

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

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

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

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

 

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

EWART, J.C. 1895 The lateral sense organs of elasmobranchs. I. The sensory canals of Laemargus. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 37 (1): 59-86

EWART, J.C. & MITCHELL, J.C. 1895 On the lateral sense organs of elasmobranchs. I. The sensory canals of the common skate (Raia batis). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 37: 87-105

WHITE, P.J. 1895 The Skull and Visceral Skeleton of the Greenland Shark, Læmargus microcephalus. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 37 (2): 287-306

LAMONT, A. 1917 The Lateral Sense Organs of Elasmobranchs: The Ampullary Canals of the Genus Raia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 51 (2): 467-493

THOMSON, J.S. 1919 The Morphology of the Prosencephalon of Spinax as a type of Elasmobranch Fore-brain. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 52 (2): 487-500

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

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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New described species/Taxonomic News:


Parasites:


RUHNKE, T.R. & CAIRA, J.N. & COX, A. 2015: The cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: A molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum. Zootaxa, 3904 (1): 51–81
New Family: Escherbothriidae
New species: Anthocephalum decrisantisorumAnthocephalum healyae,Anthocephalum jensenaeAnthocephalum mattisiAnthocephalum meadowsi,Anthocephalum odonnellae, Anthocephalum papefayi, Anthocephalum philruschi
Abstract: The spiral intestines of a total of 30 specimens of 14 species of batoids from around the world were examined for rhinebothriideans. These consisted of Taeniura grabata, Dasyatis margaritella, and Dasyatis sp. from Senegal, Dasyatis americanafrom Florida, Dasyatis dipterura and Dasyatis longa from México, Himantura jenkinsii, Himantura leoparda, Himantura uarnak 2, Urogymnus asperrimus 1, and Neotrygon kuhlii 4 from Australia, in addition to Himantura uarnacoides and Neotrygon kuhlii 1 from Borneo. Each of these hosted one or more species of Anthocephalum. Eleven of the cestode species were new to science; four represented described species. In addition, Urotrygon aspidura from Costa Rica hosted a species of Escherbothrium. Sufficient material was available for formal description of the following eight species ofAnthocephalumA. decrisantisorum n. sp., A. healyae n. sp., A. jensenae n. sp., A. mattisi n. sp., A. meadowsi n. sp., A. odonnellae n. sp., A. papefayi n. sp., and A. philruschi n. sp. These species differ from their nine described congeners in overall size, number of proglottids and marginal loculi, number and arrangement of testes, apical sucker size, arrangement and distribution of vitelline follicles particularly with respect in the post-poral field, and muscularity of the genital pore. The diagnosis ofAnthocephalum is emended slightly to accommodate these new species. Material of four previously described Anthocephalum species, seven of the novel Anthocephalumspecies described here, 3 undescribed Anthocephalum species, and the species ofEscherbothrium was preserved in 95% ethanol and partial 28S rDNA (D1-D3) and complete 18S rDNA sequence data were generated de novo. These data were combined with data from GenBank for Anthocephalum cf. centrurum (recognized as A. mattisi n. sp. below) and 29 species representing 12 other putative rhinebothriidean genera. Phylogenetic analyses using Bayesian Inference and Maximum Likelihood methods were conducted using a total of five representatives of the Lecanicephalidea, Cathetocephalidea and “Tetraphyllidea” as outgroups. The analyses yielded trees that were largely congruent and that supported the existence of four major subgroups of rhinebothriideans. Family designations were established for each of these clades. Echeneibothriidae was elevated from subfamily to family level to accommodate the group consisting of Echeneibothrium and Pseudanthobothrium; this family is unique in retaining the apical organ (as a myzorhynchus) into adulthood. Rhinebothriidae was elevated from subfamily to family level to accommodate the group consisting ofRhabdotobothriumRhinebothriumRhinebothroidesRhodobothriumScalithrium andSpongiobothrium. This family is distinctive in its lack of apical suckers and also of a definitive anterior/posterior orientation to the bothridia. Anthocephaliidae n. fam. was established to house Anthocephalum and taxa identified as New Genus 1, New Genus 2, and New Genus 4 by previous authors. The bothridia of its members exhibit a conspicuous anterior/posterior orientation signaled by the presence of an apical sucker. In addition, its members bear marginal loculi or one or more rows of facial loculi and vitelline follicles that are usually interrupted by the ovary. Escherbothriidae n. fam. was established to house Escherbothrium and the taxon identified as New Genus 3 by previous authors. It most closely resembles Anthocephaliidae but the facial loculi are arranged in columns anteriorly and rows posteriorly, rather than arranged in multiple rows or entirely lacking. A key to the families is also provided.

KODÁDKOVÁ, A. & BARTOŠOVÁ-SOJKOVÁ, P. & HOLZER, A.S. & FIALA, I. 2015Bipteria vetusta n. sp. - an old parasite in an old host: tracing the origin of myxosporean parasitism in vertebrates. International Journal for Parasitology, in press
New species: Bipteria vetusta
Abstract: Myxosporea (Myxozoa), a group of parasitic Cnidaria, use mostly bony fishes (Teleostei) as intermediate hosts; however, they can also parasitize other vertebrates such as cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes). Molecular data of myxosporeans from sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii) revealed these parasites to be one of the most basal representatives in the myxosporean phylogenetic tree, suggesting their ancient evolutionary history. A new myxosporean species, Bipteria vetusta n. sp., was found in the gall bladder of rabbit fish, Chimaera monstrosa(Holocephali; Chondrichthyes), and ssrDNA-based phylogeny revealed its basal position within the marine myxosporean lineage. Molecular dating based on ssrDNA analysis suggested the origin of a stem lineage leading to the marine myxosporean lineage at the time of the origin of Chondrichthyes in the Silurian era. The two common lineages of Myxozoa, Myxosporea and Malacosporea, were estimated to have split from their common ancestor in the Cambrian era. Tracing the history of evolution of the "vertebrate host type" character in the context of molecular dating showed that cartilaginous fish represented an ancestral state for all myxosporeans. Teleosts were very likely subsequently parasitized by myxozoans four times, independently. Myxosporean radiation and diversification appear to correlate with intermediate host evolution. The first intermediate hosts of myxosporeans were cartilaginous fish. When bony fish evolved and radiated, myxosporeans switched and adapted to bony fish, and subsequently greatly diversified in this new host niche. We believe that the present study is the first attempt at molecular dating of myxozoan evolution based on an old myxosporean species - a living myxosporean fossil.

 

Extinct:

 

THIES, D. & VESPERMANN, J. & SOLCHER, J. (2014): Two new neoselachian sharks (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii, Synechodontiformes) from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of Europe. Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 303 (4-6): 137-167
New Genus: Parascylloides
New species: Synechodus seinstedtensis, Parascylloides turnerae
Abstract: Two new Late Triassic shark species (Synechodus seinstedtensis sp. nov.,Parascylloides turnerae gen. nov. sp. nov.) belonging to the extinct order Synechodontiformes DUFFIN & WARD, 1993 (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) are described on isolated oral teeth from Rhaetic deposits of North Germany and England. The term "polyhemiaulacorhize" is introduced for the synechodontiform type of root architecture in order to replace the misleading term "pseudopolyaulacorhize". The teeth of Parascylloides turnerae gen. nov. sp. nov. were identified previously as symphyseals or parasymphyseals of Rhomphaiodon minor(AGASSIZ, 1837). They are considered here as belonging to a different, new species because of their frequency and their morphological differences to other Triassic neoselachian teeth. The teeth of both new species show a triple-layered enameloid microstructure consisting of an external shiny-layered enameloid (SLE), a middle parallel-bundled enameloid (PBE) and an internal tangled-bundled enameloid (TBE). InSynechodus seinstedtensis sp. nov. the PBE contains probably radial bundles of apatite cristallites whereas these are lacking in the PBE of Parascylloicks turneraegen. nov. sp. nov.. The systematical significance of the presence or absence of radial bundles in the PBE remains unclear.


 
 

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Extant Chondrichtyes:


AFONSO, A.S. & HAZIN, F.H.V. (2015) Vertical Movement Patterns and Ontogenetic Niche Expansion in the Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo cuvier. PLoS ONE, 10 (1): e0116720 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116720
ASHE, J.L. & FELDHEIM, K.A. & FIELDS, A.T. & REYIER, E.A. & BROOKS, E.J. & O’CONNELL, M.T. & SKOMAL, G. & GRUBER, S.H. & CHAPMAN, D.D. (2015)Local population structure and context-dependent isolation by distance in a large coastal shark. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 520: 203-216 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11069
AU, D.W. & SMITH, S.E. & SHOW, C. (2015) New abbreviated calculation for measuring intrinsic rebound potential in exploited fish populations–example for sharks.Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0360
BASALLO, A. & ODDONE, M.C. (2014) Reproductive biology of the skates Sympterygia acuta Garman, 1877 and S. bonapartii Muller & Henle, 1841 (Chondrichthyes: Rajoidei) in south Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (4): 771-782 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1590/1982-0224-20130097
BELLEGGIA, M. & SCENNA, L.B. & BARBINI, S.A. & FIGUEROA, D.E. & DÍAZ DE ASTARLOA, J.M. (2014) The diets of four Bathyraja skates (Elasmobranchii, Arhynchobatidae) from the Southwest Atlantic. Cybium, 38 (4): 314-318 
BERNVI, D.C. (2014) Var finns vithajen? Thesis, Stockholms University 
BRICIA GUZMAN-CASTELLANOS, A. & MORALES-BOJORQUEZ, E. & BALART, E.F. (2014) Individual growth estimation in elasmobranchs: the multi-model inference approach. Hidrobiológica, 24 (2): 137-149 
BROOKS, E.J. & BROOKS, A.M.L. & WILLIAMS, S. & JORDAN, L.K.B. & ABERCROMBIE, D. & CHAPMAN, D.D. & HOWEY-JORDAN, L.A. & GRUBBS, R.D. (2015) First description of deep-water elasmobranch assemblages in the Exuma Sound, The Bahamas. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.01.015
CHEN, X. & LIN, L. & CHEN, H. & XIANG, D. & AI, W (2015) Complete mitochondrial genome of the Indonesian whaler shark Carcharhinus tjutjot. Mitochondrial DNA, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2014.989505
CU-SALAZAR, N.-H. & CARLOS PEREZ-JIMENEZ, J. & MENDEZ-LOEZA, I. & MENDOZA-CARRANZA, M. (2014) Reproductive parameters of females of butterfly ray Gymnura micrura (Elasmobranchii) in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Hidrobiológica, 24 (2): 109-117 
DA SILVA FERRETTE, B.L. & MENDONÇA, F.F. & COELHO, R. & DE OLIVEIRA, P.G.V. & HAZIN, F.H.V. & ROMANOV, E.V. & OLIVEIRA, C. & SANTOS, M.N. & FORESTI, F. (2015) High Connectivity of the Crocodile Shark between the Atlantic and Southwest Indian Oceans: Highlights for Conservation. PLoS ONE, 10 (2): e0117549 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117549
DE MADDALENA, A. & MALIET, V. & BANSCH, H. (2015) Requins de Méditerranée. Histoire et étude de 50 espèces. Ed. Turtle Prod. Hyères-les-Palmier. 256p. 
DEVITT, K.R. & ADAMS, V.M. & KYNE, P.M. (2015) Australia’s protected area network fails to adequately protect the world’s most threatened marine fishes. Global Ecology and Conservation, 3: 401–411  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2015.01.007
DONO, F. & MONTEALEGRE-QUIJANO, S. & DOMINGO, A. & KINAS, P.G. (2015) Bayesian age and growth analysis of the shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus in the Western South Atlantic Ocean using a flexible model. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 98 (2): 517-533  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0284-1
DUFFY, L.M. & OLSON, R.J. & LENNERT-CODY, C.E. & GALVÁN-MAGAÑA, F. & BOCANEGRA-CASTILLO, N. & KUHNERT, P.M. (2015) Foraging ecology of silky sharks, Carcharhinus falciformis, captured by the tuna purse-seine fishery in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Marine Biology, 162 (3): 571-593 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2606-4
FERNANDO MARQUEZ-FARIAS, J. & LARA-MENDOZA, R.E. (2014) Notes about the reproductive tract of the chimaera, Hydrolagus melanophasma (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali), from the west coast of Baja California, Mexico. Hidrobiológica, 24 (2): 151-158 
FERREIRA, L.C. & THUMS, M. & MEEUWIG, J.J. & VIANNA, G.M. & STEVENS, J. & MCAULEY, R. & MEEKAN, M.G. (2015) Crossing Latitudes-Long-Distance Tracking of an Apex Predator. PLoS One, 10 (2): e0116916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116916
FIELDS, A.T. & ABERCROMBIE, D.L. & ENG, R. & FELDHEIM, K. & CHAPMAN, D.D. (2015) A Novel Mini-DNA Barcoding Assay to Identify Processed Fins from Internationally Protected Shark Species PLoS ONE 10(2): e0114844. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114844
FREEDMAN, R. & WHITCRAFT, C.R. & LOWE, C.G. (2015) Connectivity and movements of juvenile predatory fishes between discrete restored estuaries in southern California. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 520: 191-201 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11109
FUENTES, M.P.B. & CHAMBERS, L. & CHIN, A. & DANN, P. & DOBBS, K. & MARSH, H. & POLOCZANSKA, E. & MAISON, K. & TURNER, M. & PRESSEY, R. (2015) Adaptive management of marine mega-fauna in a changing climate. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11027-014-9590-3
FURLONG-ESTRADA, E. & TOVAR-AVILA, J. & RIOS-JARA, E. (2014) Ecological risk assessment of artisanal capture methods on sharks fished at the entrance of the Gulf of California. Hidrobiológica, 24 (2): 83-97 
GALÍNDEZ, E. & DÍAZ ANDRADE, M. & ESTECONDO, S. (2014) Morphological indicators of initial reproductive commitment in Mustelus schmitti (Springer 1939) (Chondrichthyes, Triakidae): folliculogenesis and ovarian structure over the life cycleBrazilian Journal of Biology, 74 (3 Suppl 1): 154-163  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.23312
GARCÍA-RUIZ, C. & LLORIS, D. & RUEDA, J.L. & GARCÍA-MARTÍNEZ, C. & GIL DE SOLA, L. (2015) Spatial distribution of ichthyofauna in the northern Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean). Journal of Natural History, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.1001457
GILBERT, J.M. & REICHELT-BRUSHETT, A.J. & BUTCHER, P.A. & MCGRATH, S.P. & PEDDEMORS, V.M. & BOWLING, A.C. & CHRISTIDIS, L. (2015) Metal and metalloid concentrations in the tissues of dusky Carcharhinus obscurus, sandbar C. plumbeus and white Carcharodon carcharias sharks from south-eastern Australian waters, and the implications for human consumption. Marine Pollution Bulletin, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.037
HADFIELD, C.A. & POYNTON, S.L. & CLAYTON, L.A. & ROMERO, J.L. & MONTALI, R.J. (2014) Kudoa sp. (Myxozoa: Multivalvulida) in skeletal muscle of captive Bullnose Eagle Rays, Myliobatis freminvillei (Rajiformes: Myliobatidae). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 45 (4): 896-905  http://dx.doi.org/10.1638/2014-0004.1
HART, N.S. & COLLIN, S.P. (2015) Sharks senses and shark repellents. Integrative Zoology, 10 (1): 38–64   http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12095
IRSCHICK, D.J. & HAMMERSCHLAG, N. (2015) Morphological scaling of body form in four shark species differing in ecology and life history. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114 (1): 126-135  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12404
JIT, R.B. & SINGHA, N.K. & RHAMAN, G. & ALAM, F. (2015) In the bay of Bengal of Bangladesh region shark fisheries exploitation, trade, conservation and management.International Journal of Comprehensive Research in Biological Sciences, 2 (1): 54-65 
JUAN, M.M. & LOPEZ CAZORLA, A. (2015) Biology of Myliobatis goodei (Springer, 1939), a widely distributed eagle ray, caught in northern Patagonia. Journal of Sea Research, 95: 106-114  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.09.006
KODÁDKOVÁ, A. & BARTOŠOVÁ-SOJKOVÁ, P. & HOLZER, A.S. & FIALA, I. (2015) Bipteria vetusta n. sp. - an old parasite in an old host: tracing the origin of myxosporean parasitism in vertebrates. International Journal for Parasitology, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.12.004
KROETZ, A.M. & POWERS, S.P. (2015) Eating between the lines: functional feeding response of bonnetheads (Sphyrna tiburo). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 98 (2): 655-661  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0302-3
KROL, L. & ALLENDER, M. & CRAY, C. & GEORGE, R. (2014) Plasma proteins and selected acute-phase proteins in the Whitespotted Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 45 (4): 782-786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1638/2013-0303.1
KUMAR, K.V.A. & PRAVIN, P. & MEENAKUMARI, B. & KHANOLKAR, P.S. & BAIJU, M.V. (2015) Shark bycatch in the experimental tuna longline fishery in Lakshadweep Sea, India. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.12682
KYNE, P.M. & BAX, N.J. & DULVY, N.K. (2015) Sharks and rays in peril too. Nature, 518 (7538): 167  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/518167e
LARA-MENDOZA, R.E. & FERNANDO MARQUEZ-FARIAS, J. (2014) Length structure and weight-length relationship of the slaty-spotted guitarfish, Rhinohatos glaucostignia (Rajiformes: Rhinobatidae) from continental shelf of Sinaloa, Mexico.Hidrobiologica, 24 (2): 119-127 
LEGARE, B. & KNEEBONE, J. & DEANGELIS, B. & SKOMAL, G. (2015) The spatiotemporal dynamics of habitat use by blacktip (Carcharhinus limbatus) and lemon (Negaprion brevirostris) sharks in nurseries of St. John, United States Virgin Islands.Marine Biology, 162 (3): 699-716  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-015-2616-x
LIGRONE, A. & FRANCO-TRECU, V. & PASSADORE, C. & SZEPHEGYI, M.N. & CARRANZA, A. (2014) Fishing strategies and spatial dynamics of artisanal fisheries in the Uruguayan Atlantic coast. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 42 (5): 1126-1135  http://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol42-issue5-fulltext-16
LYON, W.S. & DE JOUX, P. (2014) A Tracking System for Sharks in Shallow Water.Marine Technology Society Journal, 48 (6): 14-20 http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.48.6.2
MATICH, P. & HEITHAUS, M.R. (2015) Individual variation in ontogenetic niche shifts in habitat use and movement patterns of a large estuarine predator (Carcharhinus leucas). Oecologia, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3253-2
MATICH, P.A. & KISZKA, J.J. & HEITHAUS, M.R. & MOURIER, J. & PLANES, S. (2015) Short-term shifts of stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) values in juvenile sharks within nursery areas suggest rapid shifts in energy pathways Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 465: 83–91  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.01.012
MEDINA-ROSAS, P. & ROSA RAYMUNDO-HUIZAR, A. (2014) Primer registro del pez de aguas profundas Harriotta raleighana (Chondrichthyes: Rhinochimaeridae) en la costa de Jalisco, Pacífico mexicano. [First record of the deep-sea fish Harriotta raleighana (Chondrichthyes: Rhinochimaeridae) off Jalisco, Mexican Pacific]. Revista Mexicana De Biodiversidad, 85 (4): 1277-1281  http://dx.doi.org/10.7550/rmb.46251
MILLER, E. & DOSSETT, W. & RANKIN, J.L (2014) Clarifying the Northern Extent of Diamond Stingray (Dasyatis dipterura) in Southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 113 (3): 232-235 
MOORE, D.M. & MCCARTHY, I.D. (2014) Distribution of ampullary pores on three catshark species (Apristurus spp.) suggest a vertical-ambush predatory behaviour.Aquatic Biology, 21: 261-265  http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00599
NATANSON, L.J. & SKOMAL, G.B. (2015) Age and growth of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Marine and Freshwater Research, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF14127
NAVA NAVA, P. & FERNANDO MARQUEZ-FARIAS, J. (2014) Size at maturity of the smooth hammerhead shark, Sphyma zygaella, captured in the Gulf of California.Hidrobiológica, 24 (2): 129-135 
NAWATA, C.M. & WALSH, P.J. & WOOD, C.M. (2015) Physiological and molecular responses of the spiny dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) to high environmental ammonia: scavenging for nitrogen. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218 (2): 238-248 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.114967
ODDONE, M.C. & PAESCH, L. & NORBIS, W. (2015) Population structure of the piked dogfish Squalus acanthias (Elasmobranchii: Squalidae), with preliminary reproductive observations. Ichthyological Research, online first http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10228-015-0461-z
OLIVER, S. & BRACCINI, M. & NEWMAN, S.J. & HARVEY, E.S. (2015) Global patterns in the bycatch of sharks and rays. Marine Policy, 54: 86–97 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.12.017
PARSONS, M.J.G. & PARNUM, I.M. & ALLEN, K. & MCCAULEY, R.D. & ERBE, C. (2014) Detection of Sharks with the Gemini Imaging Sonar. Acoustics Australia, 42 (3): 185-189 
POSE-MÉNDEZ, S. & CANDAL, E. & MAZAN, S. & RODRÍGUEZ-MOLDES, I. (2015) Morphogenesis of the cerebellum and cerebellum-related structures in the shark Scyliorhinus canicula: insights on the ground pattern of the cerebellar ontogeny. Brain Structure and Function, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00429-015-0998-7
RÊGO, M.G. & FITZPATRICK, J. & HAZIN, F.H.V. & GÓES DE ARAÚJO, M.L. & DA SILVEIRA, L.M. & OLIVEIRA, P.G.V. & EVÊNCIO-NETO, J. (2015)Characterization of testicular morphology and spermatogenesis in the nurse sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788). Zoomorphology, 134 (1): 117-123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00435-014-0240-9
ROCHOWSKI, B.E.A. & GRAHAM, K.J. & DAY, R.W. & WALKER, T.I. (2015)Reproductive biology of the greeneye spurdog Squalus chloroculus (Squaliformes, Squalidae). Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12593
ROSS, S.W. & BROOKE, S. & QUATTRINI, A.M. & RHODE, M. & WATTERSON, J.C. (2015) A deep-sea community, including Lophelia pertusa, at unusually shallow depths in the western North Atlantic Ocean off northeastern Florida. Marine Biology, 162 (3): 635-648  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-015-2611-2
RUHNKE, T.R. & CAIRA, J.N. & COX, A. (2015) The cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: A molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum. Zootaxa, 3904 (1): 51–81  http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3904.1.3
SANTANA-HERNANDEZ, H. & TOVAR-AVILA, J. & JAVIER VALDEZ-FLORES, J. (2014) Estimation of the total, fork and precaudal lengths for the silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae), from the interdorsal length. Hidrobiológica, 24 (2): 159-162 
SMITH, B.E. & COLLIE, J.S. & LENGYEL, N.L. (2014) Fish trophic engineering: Ecological effects of the invasive ascidian Didemnum vexillum (Georges Bank, northwestern Atlantic). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 461: 489-498  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.09.009
TAGUCHI, M. & KING, J.R. & WETKLO, M. & WITHLER, R.E. & YOKAWA, K. (2015) Population genetic structure and demographic history of Pacific blue sharks (Prionace glauca) inferred from mitochondrial DNA analysis. Marine and Freshwater Research, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF14075
TETER, S.M. & WETHERBEE, B.M. & FOX, D.A. & LAM, C.H. & KIEFER, D.A. & SHIVJI, M. (2015) Migratory patterns and habitat use of the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) in the western North Atlantic. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66 (2): 158-169  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF14129
TORRES-HERRERA, M.R. & TOVAR-AVILA, J. (2014) Temporal variation of shark catches in the islands and central coast of Nayarit, Mexico, based on official landing statistics. Hidrobiológica, 24 (2): 99-107 
TOVAR-AVILA, J. & GALLEGOS-CAMACHO, R. (2014) Oldest estimated age for Sphyrfla fliokarran (Carcharhiniformes: Sphyrnidae) in the Mexican Pacific.Hidrobiológica, 24 (2): 163-165 
WEIJS, L. & BRIELS, N. & ADAMS, D.H. & LEPOINT, G. & DAS, K. & BLUST, R. & COVACI, A. (2015) Maternal transfer of organohalogenated compounds in sharks and stingrays. Marine Pollution Bulletin, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.056
WENG, W. & TANG, L. & WANG, B. & CHEN, J. & SU, W. & OSAKO, K. & TANAKA, M. (2014) Antioxidant properties of fractions isolated from blue shark (Prionace glauca) skin gelatin hydrolysates. Journal of Functional Foods, 11: 342-351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2014.10.021
WIENERROITHER, R.M. & BJELLAND, O. & BACHMANN, L. & JUNGE, C. (2015)Northernmost record of the little gulper shark Centrophorus uyato in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, with taxonomical notes on Centrophorus zeehaani. Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12602
 

Extinct Chondrichtyes:


HEUER, F. & KORN, D. & BELKA, Z. & HAIRAPETIAN, V. (2015) Facies, origin, and palaeontological inventory of an Early Carboniferous neptunian dyke in the Devonian reef limestone near Rösenbeck (Brilon Anticline, Rhenish Mountains). Fossil Record, 18: 57-72 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.5194/fr-18-57-2015
ITANO, W.M. (2015) A range extension of Erismacanthus maccoyanus: An unexpected result of an eBay purchase. Trilobite Tales, 02/2015: 12-15
KORNEISEL, D. & GALLOIS, R.W. & DUFFIN, C.J. & BENTON, M.J. (2015) Latest Triassic marine sharks and bony fishes from a bone bed preserved in a burrow system, from Devon, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists Association, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.11.004
LUND, R. & GREENFEST-ALLEN, E. & GROGAN, E.D. (2015) Ecomorphology of the Mississippian fishes of the Bear Gulch Limestone (Heath formation, Montana, USA). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 98 (2): 739-754 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s10641-014-0308-x
THIES, D. & VESPERMANN, J. & SOLCHER, J. (2014) Two new neoselachian sharks (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii, Synechodontiformes) from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of Europe. Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 303 (4-6): 137-167


 
 

MISCELLANEOUS:




 
New shark fin identification tool released
Posted: 03 Feb 2015 10:30 AM PST

News Release

Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

29. January 2015

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Geneva, 29 January 2015 – The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), welcomes the new software package for the identification of shark fins released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The software application called iSharkFin is an innovative system that uses machine learning techniques to identify shark species from shark fin shapes. The software has been developed by FAO in collaboration with the University of Vigo with financial support of the Government of Japan and the CITES Secretariat – using funds provided by the European Union
The iSharkFin is an interactive process. Users take a standard photograph, select some characteristics of a fin and choose a few points on the fin shape, iSharkFin will automatically analyse the information, and identify the shark species from which the fin originated. iSharkFin is available for the identification of 35 shark species from dorsal fins and 7 species from pectoral fins, all from species commonly seen in international trade, including some species listed in the CITES Appendices. Further species will be added to the system.
Commenting on the launch of the new tool, Secretary-General John Scanlon said “We have heard regular calls for accurate, simple to use and cost-effective ways to identify shark fins in trade – and this new tool responds to these calls.  The iSharkFin is an excellent product for use by Customs, CITES authorities, and fishery inspectors and we congratulate the FAO on taking the initiative to prepare this tool and encourage its wide distribution and use”.
The new iSharkFin tool permits the identification of 35 shark species from dorsal fins and 7 species from pectoral fins. Many of these are found in international trade, including 4 CITES-listed species which are particularly fished and traded for their fins.
New CITES rules for sharks and manta rays
From 14 September 2014, international trade in specimens of five shark species and all manta ray species, including their meat, gills and fins, needs to be accompanied by permits and certificates confirming that they have been harvested sustainably and legally.
New controls adopted by CITES will apply to the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus), scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran), smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena), porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) and manta rays (Manta spp.) as they are now included in CITES Appendix II.
Source: CITES
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iSharkFin: an innovative software for the identification of shark species from the fins
iSharkFin is an expert system that uses machine learning techniques to identify shark species from shark fin shapes. The software has been developed by FAO in collaboration with the University of Vigo with financial support of the Government of Japan and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
iSharkFin takes an interactive process. Users simply need to take a standard photo, select some characteristics of a fin and choose a few points on the fin shape, iSharkFin will automatically analyze the information and identify the shark specie from which the fin comes.
iSharkFin is now available for the identification of 35 shark species from dorsal fins and 7 species from pectoral fins, commonly seen in international trade, including some species listed in the CITES Appendices.
Links to download the software and manual (pdf) :
- Download User Manual ( PDF ) @ ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/Document/sharks/iSharkFinManual.pdf
- Download Software @ http://www.ipez.es/Setup_iSharkFin_v1.0.rar
 

Baird pledge: Shark detecting sonar to protect beaches

Shark activity has marred the summer beach season, with Newcastle beaches closed for a record 10 days this month as a 5 metre great white shark swam close to shore.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-state-election-2015/baird-pledge-shark-detecting-sonar-to-protect-beaches-20150124-12x49y.html
 

Sawfish study: Scientists prepare for Kimberley campout in bid to save threatened fish

Sawfish swimming.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-27/scientists-prepare-for-kimberley-campout-in-bid-to/6049040?section=wa
 

White sharks grow more slowly, mature much later than previously thought


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150218101907.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fsea_life+%28Sea+Life+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

 
New record for the Megamouth Shark (Megachasma pelagios)
megamouth shark-page-2015-1-28
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/oceans/sharks/rare-megamouth-shark-washes-up-in-the-philippines
 
New record for the Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)
The goblin shark caught by fishermen on the NSW south coast. The shark finds its prey using hundreds of small sensors on its 'nasal paddle'.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/goblin-shark-known-as-living-fossil-trawled-from-nsw-south-coast-20150202-133mj7.html