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Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. 2015, Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali), www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 2015
 

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  • Charlie Underwood, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of London, for the CT image of the head of a porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) and Pristiophorus lanae EBERT & WILMS, 2013; specimen figured in: WELTEN, M. & SMITH, M. & UNDERWOOD, C. & JOHANSON, Z. 2015 Evolutionary origins and development of saw-teeth on the sawfish and sawshark rostrum (Elasmobranchii; Chondrichthyes). Royal Society Open Science, 2: 150189





Simon Weigmann, for the image of the recently described Narrowhead Catshark(Bythaelurus teniocephalus)




 
 

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At the moment we are looking for the following papers:
 

Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) (new added)

HOLMGREN, N. 1940 Studies on the head in fishes. Embryological, morphological, and phylogenetical researches. Part I. Development of the skull in sharks and rays. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm), 21 (1-3): 51-267

 

Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (new added)

SIGNEUX, J. 1949 Notes paleoichthyologiques. I. Observations sur le genre Scapanorhynchus et ses relations. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, (Série 2), 21 (5): 633-638, figs 1-3

SIGNEUX, J. 1949 Notes paléoichthyologiques. II: Sur les genres Isurus, Chiloscyllium et Triakis trouvés à l'état fossile dans le gisement sénonien de Sahel-Alma. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 21 (5): 635-638, 3 fig.

SIGNEUX, J. 1950 Notes Paléoichthyologiques. III: Squalidae fossiles du Sénonien de Sahel-Alma. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 22 (2): 315-319, fig.

SIGNEUX, J. 1951 Notes Paléoichthyologiques. IV: Les Rhinobatidae du Liban. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 23 (6): 693-695,1 pl.

SIGNEUX, J. 1954 Notes Paléoichthyologiques. VI (suite). Cas d'ovoviviparité chez un Rhinobate fossile. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 26 (5): 644-645

BRANISA, L. & HOFSTAETTER, R. & SIGNEUX, J. 1964 Addditions a la faune ichthyologique du Cretace supérieur de Bolivie. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, (Serie 2), 36: 279-297, 3 Fig.

BRANISA, L. & HOFSTETTER, R. 1966 Nouvelle contribution a I etude de la paléontologie et de I Age du groupe Puca (Cretace-Paleogene, Bolivie). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, (Série 2), 38: 301-310, 1 Fig.; Paris.

BLOT, J. 1980 La faune ichtyologique des gisements du Monte Bolca (Province de Ve´rone, Italie). Catalogue syste´matique pre´sentant l'etat actuel des recherches concernant cette faune. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, (Série 4), sect. C, 2 (4): 339-396.

 

Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (new added)

ITOIGAWA, J. & NISHIMOTO, N. & HIROYUKI, A. 1977 Cretaceous fossil elasmobranchs from japan (first report). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 4: 119-138

NISHIMOTO, H. & MOROZUMI, Y. 1979 Late Cretaceous elasmobranches from the Izumi Mountain Range. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 6: 133-140

NOMURA, M. & HATANAKA, O. & NISHIMOTO, H. & KARASAWA, H. & NANAO NOJIRIKO GROUP 1991 Megasqualus serriculus Jordan and Hannibal (Squalidae: Squaliformes: Elasmobranchii) from the Middle Miocene Nanao Calcareous Sandstone, Nanao City, Noto Peninsula, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 18: 33-45

OKAMURA, Y. & FUDOUJI, Y. & KARASAWA, H. 2000 A first record of the genus Pseudaetobatus (Myliobatiformes, Myliobatidae) from the middle Eocene Okinoshima Group, Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 27: 199-200

 

Revista de la Societat Paleontologica d'Elx (new added)

MENDIOLA, C. 1995 Familia Zygzabatidae n. (Batomorphii, Myliobatoidea). Zygzabatis maroccana n. gen., n. sp. Revista de la Societat Paleontologica d'Elx, 1: 1-4, 2 tabl., 1 pl.

MENDIOLA, C. 1996 Rhincodon ferriolensis n. sp. (Neoselachii, Orectolobiformes, Rhincodontidae) del Burdigaliense superior de Elche (Sureste de España). Revista de la Societat Paleontologica d'Elx, 2: 1-6, 2 fig., 1 pl.

MENDIOLA, C. 1999 Myliobatoideos nuevos (Neoselachii, Batomorphii) del Thanesiense ? de oued Zem (Cuenca de los Ouled Abdoun, Marruecos). Revista de la Societat Paleontologica d'Elx, 6: 1-42, 10 fig., pl. 1-12

MENDIOLA, C. 2001 Hallazgo de Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758) en el Plioceno superior de Conil de la Frontera (Cádiz, España). Revista de la Societat Paleontológica d'Elx, 7: 1-9

MENDIOLA, C. 2002 Notorynchus lawleyi Cigala Fulgosi 1983 (Chondrichthyes, Hexanchiformes) en el Plioceno inferior de Guardamar y Plioceno medio de Rojales (Sureste de España, Cuenca del Bajo Segura, Cordillera Bética Oriental). Revista de la Societat Paleontológica d'Elx, 8: 1-15

MENDIOLA, C. & MARTINEZ, J. 2003 La ictiofauna fósil (Chondrichthyes, Euselachii) del Mesozoico y Cenozoico de España. Revista de la Societat Paleontológica d'Elx, 9: 1-103

MENDIOLA, C. 2004 Primera cita española del género Ptychodus AGASSIZ 1839 (Chondrichthyes, Euselachii). Revista de la Societat Paleontológica d'Elx, 13: 1-14

MENDIOLA, C. & LÓPEZ, A. 2005 La ictiofauna fósil (Chondrichthyes, Euselachii) del Serravalliense de Alicante (Sureste de España). Revista de la Societat Paleontológica d'Elx, 14: 1-51

 

Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (new added)

BREARD, S. & STRINGER, G.L. 1995 Paleoenvironment of a diverse marine vertebrate fauna from the Yazoo Clay (Late Eocene) at Copenhagen, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 45: 77-85

STRINGER, G.L. & BREARD, S. 1997 Comparison of otolith-based paleoecology to other fossil groups: an example from the Cane River Formation (Eocene) of Louisiana.Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 47: 563-570

BREARD, S. & STRINGER, G.L. 1999 Integrated paleoecology and marine vertebrate fauna of the Stone City Formation (Middle Eocene), Brazos River section, Texas.Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 49: 132-142

STRINGER, G.L. & BREARD, S.Q. & KONTROVITZ, M. 2001 Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of diagnostic invertebrates and vertebrates from the type locality of the Oligocene Rosefield Marl Beds, Louisiana. Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 51: 321-328

STRINGER, G.L. & MILLER, M. 2001 Paleoenvironmental interpretations based on vertebrate fossil assemblages: an example of their utilization in the Gulf Coast. Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 51: 329-338

 

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

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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Upcoming Meetings:

  • EEA Meeting:
    Annual Scentific Meeting of the European Elasmobranch Association : 9, 10 and 11 October 2015. Deadline for early registration | June 30, 2015
    Deadline for conference registration | October 5, 2015

 
 
 

New described species/Taxonomic News:

FOSSIL:



WELTON, B.J. (2015):
A New Species of Late Early Miocene Cetorhinus(Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the Astoria Formation of Oregon, and Coeval Cetorhinus from Washington and California. Contributions in Science, 523:  67–89
 
New species: Cetorhinus piersoni
 
Abstract: Microphagous lamniforms of the family Cetorhinidae have a significant Cenozoic history in the North Pacific Ocean. The Late Eocene Keasius taylori occurs in the Keasey Formation of Oregon, and K. parvus may occur in the Oligocene Lincoln Creek Formation of southwestern Washington. The genus Cetorhinus has one extant species, C. maximus, and a fossil record, including the Middle Miocene C. huddlestonifrom the middle Round Mountain Silt, Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, California, and C. maximus from the Late Miocene through Pleistocene of Oregon and California. An intermediate-sized cetorhinid, Cetorhinus piersoni, new species, is named on teeth from the late Early Miocene Astoria Formation from Lincoln County, Oregon, and coeval deposits of the lower Round Mountain Silt from the southeast part of California’s San Joaquin Valley. Teeth of C. piersoni from California, but not Oregon, occur in association with very small teeth of an as yet undescribed species of Keasius. The type series of C. piersoni is morphologically diverse, although, many of the adult teeth have low, broadly triangular crowns, large roots, and well-developed root lobes reminiscent of the genus Alopias. Cetorhinus piersoni may have had a wider range in diet than C. maximus, feeding on small fishes as well as plankton. Calcified vertebrae of a small basking shark from a late Early Miocene section of the Astoria Formation in southwestern Washington are described and referred to the genus Cetorhinus. These vertebrae differ from those of Keasius in being anteroposteriorly elongated, and in having intermedialia with well-developed perforated concentric lamellae and no calcified radii extending outward from the primary double cone or peripheral to the outermost concentric lamellae. The vertebrae come from marine deposits coeval with the Oregon Astoria Formation type locality of C. piersoni, but without associated teeth, a specific taxonomic assignment is not possible. The depositional environments represented by the Astoria Formation in Washington and Oregon, and the Round Mountain Silt in California, indicate that Cetorhinus piersoni, and C. huddlestoni were warm-water nektopelagic feeders over both deep and shallow waters of the continental shelf.


 

Image: Pseudomegachasma comanchensis, comb. nov. (Shimada, 2007), from Upper Cretaceous of the United States

SHIMADA, K. & POPOV, E.V. & SIVERSSON, M. & WELTON, B.J. & LONG, D.L. (2015): A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, in press
 
New subfamily: Johnlonginae
New genus: Pseudomegachasma
 
Abstract: Eorhincodon casei from Russia and Megachasma comanchensis from the United States are two Cretaceous taxa initially described as putative planktivorous elasmobranchs, but the type specimens of these two taxa were subsequently reinterpreted to represent taphonomically abraded teeth of an odontaspidid, JohnlongiaSiverson (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae). Here, we redescribe the type materials of ‘E. casei’ and ‘M. comanchensis’ and describe additional specimens of these species from other Late Cretaceous localities in Russia and the United States. These specimens demonstrate that (1) the two fossil taxa are valid species; (2) they warrant the establishment of a new genus of presumed planktivorous sharks,Pseudomegachasma, gen. nov., to accommodate the two species; and (3) the new genus is sister to Johnlongia and together constitute a new subfamily Johnlonginae, subfam. nov., tentatively placed in the family Odontaspididae sensu stricto. This taxonomic placement indicates that the putative planktivorous clade was derived from a presumed piscivorous form (Johnlongia), with an implication thatPseudomegachasma, gen. nov., evolved a plankton-eating habit independent of the four known planktivorous elasmobranch clades (Rhincodontidae, Megachasmidae, Cetorhinidae, and Mobulidae). It also indicates that planktivorous diets evolved independently at least three times in the order Lamniformes (i.e., Megachasmidae, Cetorhinidae, and Odontaspididae), and more significantly, Pseudomegachasma, gen. nov., would represent the oldest known plankton-feeding elasmobranch in the fossil record. The present fossil record suggests that Pseudomegachasma, gen. nov., evolved in a relatively shallow-water environment in Russia in the early Cenomanian or earlier and subsequently migrated to the North American Western Interior Seaway by the mid-Cenomanian.



 


GOUIRIC-CAVALLI, S. & CABRERA, D.A. & CIONE, A.L. & O'GORMAN, J.P. & CORIA, R.A. & FERNÁNDEZ, M. (2015): The first record of the chimaeroid genusEdaphodon (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from Antarctica (Snow Hill Island Formation, Late Cretaceous, James Ross Island). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, in press
 
New genus: Edaphodon snowhillensis
 
Abstract: A new species of an edaphodontid holocephalian, Edaphodon snowhillensis, sp. nov., is described based on a complete dentition collected in the late Campanian Herbert Sound Member of the Snow Hill Island Formation of James Ross Island, Antarctica. The dentition consists of paired vomerine, mandibular, and palatine tooth plates, which are almost completely preserved. The new species is characterized by a unique character combination out of which the presence of a subquadrangular vomerine tooth plate and a horse-hoof-shaped anterior outer tritor in the mandibular tooth plates appear to be unique characters among the edaphodontids. Edaphodon snowhillensis, sp. nov., represents the most complete dentition of a holocephalian fish from the Southern Hemisphere and the earliest record of the genus Edaphodon from the Antarctic continent and the Weddellian Biogeographic Province. Also, E. snowhillensis, sp. nov., is the southernmost specimen of this genus and according to the size of the tooth plates is one of the largest chimaeroid fish known.
 



REZENT


KASCHNER, C.J. & WEIGMANN, S. & THIEL, R. (2015):
Bythaelurus tenuicephalusn. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4013 (1): 120–138
 
New genus: Bythaelurus tenuicephalus
 
Abstract: A new dwarf deep-water catshark, Bythaelurus tenuicephalus, is described based on one adult and one juvenile male specimen from off Tanzania and Mozambique in the western Indian Ocean. The new species differs from its congeners by its slender head and snout, which is only slightly bell-shaped in dorsoventral view without distinct lateral indention. All other Bythaelurus species have distinctly bell-shaped snouts with a strong lateral indention anterior to outer nostrils. Compared to its congeners in the western Indian Ocean, B. tenuicephalus n. sp. also has broader claspers in adult males (base width 2.1% TL vs. 1.5–1.8% TL). It further differs from B. clevai by attaining a smaller maximum size and having a color pattern of fewer and smaller blotches, larger oral papillae, a shorter snout, and broader claspers without knob-like apex and with a smaller envelope and a subtriangular (vs. subrectangular) exorhipidion. Compared to B. hispidus, the new species has a longer snout, a longer dorsal-caudal space, broader clasper without knob-like apex, and fewer vertebral centra. In contrast to B. lutarius, B. tenuicephalus attains a smaller maximum size and has a blotched (vs. largely plain) coloration, numerous (vs. lacking) oral papillae, shorter anterior nasal flaps, a longer caudal fin, a shorter pelvic anal space, and shorter and broader claspers.
 
 
 
 

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Latest Research Articles

 

Extant Chondrichthyes:

BAŞUSTA, N. & BAŞUSTA, A. (2015) New records of neonate and juvenile sharks (Heptranchias perlo, Squatina aculeata, Etmopterus spinax) from the North-eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biodiversity, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0391-z
BELLO, G. & ZUPA, R. & CORRIERO, A. (2015) Ontogenetic change in the body length-mass relationship concomitant to the onset of vitellogenesis in female blackmouth catshark Galeus melastomus (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae). Italian Journal of Zoology, 82 (3): 358-365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2015.1027308
BENOIT, H.P. & CAPIZZANO, C.W. & KNOTEK, R.J. & RUDDERS, D.B. & SULIKOWSKI, J.A. & DEAN, M.J. & HOFFMAN, W. & ZEMECKIS, D.R. & MANDELMAN, J.W. (2015) A generalized model for longitudinal short- and long-term mortality data for commercial fishery discards and recreational fishery catch-and-releases. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72 (6): 1834-1847http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv039
BERNASCONI, J.F. & CUBILLOS, L. & ACUÑA, E. & PERIER, M.R. & DI GIÁCOMO, E. (2015) Crecimiento, madurez y mortalidad del pez gallo, Callorhinchus callorynchus, en el Golfo San Matías, Patagonia norte, Argentina. [Growth, maturity and mortality of cockfish, Callorhinchus callorynchus, in San Matías Gulf, Northern Patagonia, Argentina.] Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 50 (2): 283-298http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-19572015000300007
BITON PORSMOGUER, S. & BĂNARU, D. & BOUDOURESQUE, C.F. & DEKEYSER, I. & ALMARCHA, C. (2015) Hooks equipped with magnets can increase catches of blue shark (Prionace glauca) by longline fishery. Fisheries Research, 172: 345–351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.07.016
BOUCHET, P.J. & MEEUWIG, J. J. (2015) Drifting baited stereo-videography: a novel sampling tool for surveying pelagic wildlife in offshore marine reserves. Ecosphere, 6 (8): 137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/es14-00380.1
BRČIĆ, J. & HERRMANN, B. & CARLO, F. & SALA, A. (2015) Selective characteristics of a shark-excluding grid device in a Mediterranean trawl. Fisheries Research, 172: 352–360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.07.035
CARDINALE, M. & BARTOLINO, V. & SVEDANG, H. & SUNDELOF, A. & POULSEN, R.T. & CASINI, M. (2015) A centurial development of the North Sea fish megafauna as reflected by the historical Swedish longlining fisheries. Fish and Fisheries, 16 (3): 522-533 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12074
CHEN, H. & KISHINO, H. (2015) Global pattern of phylogenetic species composition of shark and its conservation priority. Ecology and Evolution, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1724
CHEN, H. & LIN, L. & CHEN, X. & AI, W. & CHEN, S. (2015) Complete mitochondrial genome and the phylogenetic position of the Blotchy swell shark Cephaloscyllium umbratile. Mitochondrial DNA, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2015.1063127
DALLARES, S. & PEREZ-DEL-OLMO, A. & CARRASSON, M. & KUCHTA, R. (2015) Morphological and molecular characterisation of Ditrachybothridium macrocephalum Rees, 1959 (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from Galeus melastomus Rafinesque in the Western Mediterranean. Systematic Parasitology, 92 (1): 45-55http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-015-9586-8
DOLGANOV, V.N. (2015) The pacific electric ray Torpedo (Tetronarce) californica Ayres, 1855, the first of the order Torpediniformes in the waters of russia, with comments on the formation of its range. Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 41 (4): 295-299 http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S1063074015040057
D’ONGHIA, G. & CAPEZZUTO, F. & CARLUCCIO, A. & CARLUCCI, R. & GIOVE, A. & MASTROTOTARO, F. & PANZA, M. & SION, L. & TURSI, A. & MAIORANO, P. (2015) Exploring composition and behaviour of fish fauna by in situ observations in the Bari Canyon (Southern Adriatic Sea, Central Mediterranean). Marine Ecology, 36 (3): 541-556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12162
ENAULT, S. & MUÑOZ, D.N. & SILVA, W.T.A.F. & BORDAY-BIRRAUX, V. & BONADE, M. & OULION, S. & VENTÉO, S. & MARCELLINI, S. & DEBIAIS-THIBAUD, M. (2015) Molecular footprinting of skeletal tissues in the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula and the clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis identifies conserved and derived features of vertebrate calcification. Frontiers in Genetics, 6: 283http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2015.00283
FARRUGIA, T.J. & OLIVEIRA, A.C.M. & KNUE, J.F. & SEITZ, A.C. (2015)Nutritional content, mercury, and trace element analyses of two skate (Rajidae) species in the Gulf of Alaska. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 42: 152-163http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2015.03.013
FRIAS-ESPERICUETA, M.G. & ZAMORA-SARABIA, F.K.G. & MARQUEZ-FARIAS, J.F. & OSUNA-LOPEZ, J.I. & RUELAS-INZUNZA, J. & VOLTOLINA, D. (2015) Total mercury in female Pacific sharpnose sharks Rhizoprionodon longurio and their embryos. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 43 (3): 534-538http://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol43-issue3-fulltext-14
GARDINER, J.M. & WHITNEY, N.M. & HUETER, R.E. (2015) Smells Like Home: The Role of Olfactory Cues in the Homing Behavior of Blacktip Sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 55 (3): 495-506
GARSIDE, C.J. & COLEMAN, M.A. & KELAHER, B.P. & BISHOP, M.J. (2015)Putative Predators of Carcinus Maenas in Eastern Australia. Estuaries and Coasts, 38 (5): 1557-1568 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9895-1
GATTS, P. & FRANCO, M. & DOS SANTOS, L. & ROCHA, D. & DE SA, F. & NETTO, E. & MACHADO, P. & MASI, B. & ZALMON, I. (2015) Impact of artificial patchy reef design on the ichthyofauna community of seasonally influenced shores at Southeastern Brazil. Aquatic Ecology, 49 (3): 343-355http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10452-015-9530-7
GOREN, M. & GALIL, B.S. (2015) A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa, 3994 (4): 507-530http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.2
JHAVERI, P. & PAPASTAMATIOU, Y. & GERMAN, D.P. (2015) Digestive enzyme activities in the guts of bonnethead sharks (Shyrna tiburo) provide insight into their digestive strategy and evidence for microbial digestion in their hindguts. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 189: 76–83http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.07.013
JOHANSON, Z. & BOISVERT, C. & MAKSIMENKO, A. & CURRIE, P. & TRINAJSTIC, K. (2015) Development of the Synarcual in the Elephant Sharks (Holocephali; Chondrichthyes): Implications for Vertebral Formation and Fusion. PLoS ONE, 10 (9): e0135138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135138
KABASAKAL, H. (2015) Occurrence of the Angular Rough Shark, Oxynotus centrina (Chondrichthyes: Oxynotidae) in the Eastern Mediterranean. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis, 25 (1): 1-10
KABASAKAL, H. & KABASAKAL, O. (2015) Recent record of the Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758), from Central Aegean Sea off Turkey’s Coast. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis, 25 (1): 11-14
KABASAKALA, H. (2015) Occurrence of shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810, off Turkey’s coast. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8: e134http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267215001104
KASCHNER, C.J. & WEIGMANN, S. & THIEL, R. (2015) Bythaelurus tenuicephalus n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4013 (1): 120–138http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.9
MARSHALL, H. & SKOMAL, G. & ROSS, P.G. & BERNAL, D. (2015) At-vessel and post-release mortality of the dusky (Carcharhinus obscurus) and sandbar (C. plumbeus) sharks after longline capture. Fisheries Research, 172: 373–384http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.07.011
MARTÍNEZ-ORTIZ, J. & AIRES-DA-SILVA, A.M. & LENNERT-CODY, C.E. & MAUNDER, M.N. (2015) The Ecuadorian Artisanal Fishery for Large Pelagics: Species Composition and Spatio-Temporal Dynamics. PLoS ONE, 10 (8): e0135136http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135136
MAS, F. & FORSELLEDO, R. & DOMINGO, A. (2015) Mobulid ray by-catch in longline fisheries in the south-western Atlantic Ocean. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66 (9): 767-777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF14180
MEEKAN, M.G. & FUIMAN, L.A. & DAVIS, R. & BERGER, Y. & THUMS, M. (2015)Swimming strategy and body plan of the world’s largest fish: implications for foraging efficiency and thermoregulation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2: 64http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2015.00064
MOMIGLIANO, P. & HARCOURT, R. & ROBBINS, W.D. & STOW, A. (2015)Connectivity in grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) determined using empirical and simulated genetic data. Scientific Reports, 5: 13229http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13229
MOORE, A.B.M. & GATES, A.R (2015) Deep-water observation of scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini in the western Indian Ocean off Tanzania. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8: e91 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267215000627
MOYER, J.K. & HAMILTON, N.D. & SEELEY, R.H. & RICCIO, M.L. & BEMIS, W.E. (2015) Identification of Shark Teeth (Elasmobranchii: Lamnidae) from a Historic Fishing Station on Smuttynose Island, Maine, Using Computed Tomography Imaging.Northeastern Naturalist, 22 (3): 585-597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1656/045.022.0313
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ONIMARU, K. & KURAKU, S. & TAKAGI, W. & HYODO, S. & SHARPE, J. & TANAKA, M. (2015) A shift in anterior-posterior positional information underlies the fin-to-limb evolution. Elife, 4: e07048 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07048
OTAKI, T. & HAMANA, M. & TANOE, H. & MIYAZAKI, N. & SHIBUNO, T. & KOMATSU, T. (2015) Three-dimensional mapping of red stingray (Dasyatis akajei) movement with reference to bottom topography. Ocean Science Journal, 50 (2): 327-334 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12601-015-0030-4
PARDO, S.A. & BURGESS, K.B. & TEIXEIRA, D. & BENNETT, M.B. (2015) Local-scale resource partitioning by stingrays on an intertidal flat. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 533: 205-218 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11358
POLYAKOVA, T.A. (2015) Description of Echinobothrium typus van Beneden, 1849 (Platyhelminthes: Diphyllidea) from Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 (Pisces: Rajidae) in the Black Sea. Russian Journal of Marine Biology, 41 (4): 272-278http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S1063074015020091
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ROCHOWSKI, B.E.A. & WALKER, T.I. & DAY, R.W.  (2015) Geographical variability in life-history traits of a midslope dogfish: the brier shark Deania calcea. Journal of Fish Biology, 87 (3): 728–747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12756
SANZOGNI, R.L. & MEEKAN, M.G. & MEEUWIG, J.J. (2015) Multi-Year Impacts of Ecotourism on Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Visitation at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. PLoS ONE, 10 (9): e0127345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127345
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Extinct Chondrichthyes:

CINCOTTA, A. & YANS, J. & GODEFROIT, P. & GARCIA, G. & DEJAX, J. & BENAMMI, M. & AMICO, S. & VALENTIN, X. (2015) Integrated Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction and Taphonomy of a Unique Upper Cretaceous Vertebrate-Bearing Locality (Velaux, Southeastern France). PLoS ONE, 10 (8): e0134231http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134231
CORRAL, J.C. & BERRETEAGA, A. & CAPPETTA, H. (2015) Upper Maastrichtian shallow marine environments and neoselachian assemblages in North Iberian palaeomargin (Castilian Ramp, Spain). Cretaceous Research, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.08.001
DELSATE, D. & FELTEN, R. (2015) Chondrichthyens et Actinoptérygiens du Bajocien inférieur du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et des régions frontalières. Ferrantia, 71: 9-38
DIEDRICH, C.G. & SCHEER, U. (2015) Marine vertebrates from the Santonian coastal carbonates of northwestern Germany – a tool for the reconstruction of a Proto- North Sea Basin intertidal dinosaur-exchange bridge. Open Geosciences, 7 (1): 342–361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/geo-2015-0020
GOUIRIC-CAVALLI, S. & CABRERA, D.A. & CIONE, A.L. & O’GORMAN, J.P. & CORIA, R.A. & FERNÁNDEZ, M. (2015) The first record of the chimaeroid genus Edaphodon (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from Antarctica (Snow Hill Island Formation, Late Cretaceous, James Ross Island). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2015.981128
HARRELL, T.L. & PEREZ-HUERTA, A. (2015) Rare Earth Element (REE) Analysis of Vertebrate Fossils from the Upper Cretaceous Carbonate Marine Formations of Western and Central Alabama, USA: Taphonomic and Paleoenvironmental Implications. Palaios, 30 (7): 514-528
SHIMADA, K. & POPOV, E.V. & SIVERSSON, M. & WELTON, B.J. & LONG, D.L. (2015) A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2015.981335
SUÁREZ, M.E. (2015) Tiburones, Rayas y Quimeras (Chondrichthyes) Fósiles de Chile. Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 63: 17-33
WELTON, B.J. (2015) A New Species of Late Early Miocene Cetorhinus(Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the Astoria Formation of Oregon, and CoevalCetorhinus from Washington and California. Contributions in Science, 523:  67–89
WELTON, B.J. (2015) The marine fish fauna of the middle Pleistocene Port Orford Formation and Elk River Beds, Cape Blanco, Oregon. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin, 66: 1-45

Parasites:

NITTA, M. & NAGASAWA, K. (2015) Heterocotyle chinensis (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the Whip Stingray Dasyatis akajei in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan.Species Diversity, 20 (1): 89-93 http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/sd.20.1.089
PODDUBNAYA, L.G. & REED, C. & GIBSON, D.I. (2015) The surface topography of Callorhynchocotyle callorhynchi (Manter, 1955) (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae), a parasite of the holocephalan fish Callorhinchus capensis. Parasitology Research, 114 (9): 3393-3399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4565-1


 
 

MISCELLANEOUS:

Scanning study suggests sawteeth in chondrichthyan likely not related to real teeth

http://phys.org/news/2015-09-scanning-sawteeth-chondrichthyan-real-teeth.html
 

Before Giant Plankton-Feeding Sharks, there were Giant Plankton-Feeding Sharks.




http://www.deepseanews.com/2015/09/before-giant-plankton-feeding-sharks-there-were-giant-plankton-feeding-sharks/
 

An Inordinate Fondness for Fish Snouts. Part 1: Nature’s Obsession with Sawfish Schnozzles & Other Beastly Beaks



http://sawfishconservationsociety.blogspot.co.za/2015/09/an-inordinate-fondness-for-fish-snouts.html