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Mike Bennett, Jenny Ovenden (University of Queensland), Einar Nielsen (Danish Technical University), Charlie Huveneers (Flinders University) and Carlos Bustamante Diaz, are studying demographic changes in tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier), white (Carcharodon carcharias) and sand tiger (Odontaspis & Carcharias) sharks populations.

For this study they need historical (archival) material from the above-mentioned species.
They are trying to locate jaws or hard parts (eg. vertebrae) from the target species (white, tigers and sand tigers). They were wondering whether you had any shark jaws or samples, or knew of any such available material? We would also appreciate your help sourcing contemporary tissue samples.
 
For all samples, it would be ideal to receive a photo of the material (including a 1cm scale), the length of the specimen on death and location of capture. Our aim is to collect up to 100 historic and 100 contemporary samples from several populations around the world. These are relatively large numbers, which is why we need your help to locate samples. In terms of the historic samples needed, our preferred technique is to drill three small holes of ~3 mm deep from the back of the jaws to collect some cartilaginous powder. We have carried out similar sampling on a test jaws and confirm the sampling has minimal impact on the specimen. This YouTube video that demonstrates the process (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGRE-6guAng).

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Many thanks to the following persons for the permission to use their images:

Sarah Viana for the images of Squalus mahia VIANA, LISHER & DE CARVALHO, 2017 and Squalus margaretsmithae VIANA, LISHER & DE CARVALHO, 2017


Matías A. Lipsker for the image of Potamotrygon amandae LOBODA & DE CARVALHO, 2013


Ana Hacohen-Domené for a image of Heptranchias perlo (BONNATERRE, 1788)


Dr. Simon Weigmann, Elasmobranch Research Laboratory, Lüneburg for the images of the Vivaldi’s Catshark (Bythaelurus vivaldii WEIGMANN & KASCHNER, 2017) and images of dermal dentice of Bythaelurus bachi WEIGMANN, EBERT, CLERKIN, STEHMANN & NAYLOR, 2016



Chris M. Wood, Canada for several images of Squalus suckleyi (GIRARD, 1855)


 
 

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7th INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON MESOZOIC FISHES
Systematics and Paleobiogeographic Patterns
 
1 - 7 August 2017
Mahasarakham, THAILAND

The Palaeontological Research and Education Centre in cooperation with the Faculty of Science of Mahasarakham University (Thailand), the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France), and the Natural History Museum of Geneva (Switzerland) are pleased to announce and host the 7th INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON MESOZOIC FISHES. The meeting is dedicated to reflect the progress in Mesozoic fish research that has been accomplished in the past 25 years since the first meeting in 1993, to discuss old and new methodologies, and to present novel information about the evolution, diversification, and the palaeobiogeography of fishes during the Mesozoic.

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Indo-Pacific Fish Conference
2-6 October 2017, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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TAXONOMIC NEWS/ NEW SPECIES


Extant Chondrichthyes:


WEIGMANN, S. & KASCHNER, C.J. (2017): Bythaelurus vivaldii, a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean off Somalia. Zootaxa, 4263 (1): 97–119
New species: Bythaelurus vivaldii
Abstract: A new very small deep-water catshark, Bythaelurus vivaldii, is described based on two female specimens caught off Somalia in the northwestern Indian Ocean during the German ‘Valdivia’ expedition in 1899. It is morphologically closest to the recently described B. bachi, which is the only other Bythaelurus species in the western Indian Ocean that shares a stout body of large specimens and the presence of oral papillae. It further resembles B. vivaldii in the broad mouth and broad posterior head, but differs in the presence of composite oral papillae and a higher diversity in dermal denticle morphology. Additionally, the new species differs from all congeners in the western Indian Ocean in a larger pre-second dorsal fin length, a longer head, a larger interdorsal space, a larger intergill length, a longer pectoral-fin posterior margin, a shorter caudal fin, an intermediate caudal fin preventral margin, and a larger internarial width. Furthermore, the second dorsal fin of the new species is smaller than in its congeners in the western Indian Ocean except for B. lutarius, which is easily distinguished by the slender body and virtual absence of oral papillae, as well as the aforementioned further characters. An updated key to all valid species of Bythaelurus is provided.

Extinct Chondrichthyes:


CASE, G.R. & COOK, T.D. & SADORF, E.M. & SHANNON, K.R. (2017): A late Maastrichtian selachian assemblage from the Peedee Formation of North Carolina, USA. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, 3: 63–80
New species: Ptychotrygon clementsi
Abstract: A diverse selachian fauna was collected from the Island Creek Member of the Peedee Formation at Castle Hayne, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA. This inner neritic assemblage consists of 23 species from 20 genera, 17 families and eight orders and includes the new species Ptychotrygon clementsi sp. nov. The dentitions of a few, large, macrophagous species with large palaeobiogeographical ranges is described. However, the majority of the reported specimens belong to relatively small species that are endemic to the southern regions of the Western Interior Seaway and the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal plains of North America.

MANZANARES, E. & PLA, C. & MARTINEZ-PEREZ, C. & FERRON, H. & BOTELLA, H. (2017): Lonchidion derenzii, sp. nov., a new lonchidiid shark (Chondrichthyes, Hybodontiforms) from the Upper Triassic of Spain, with remarks on lonchidiid enameloid. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37 (1): e1253585
New species: Lonchidion derenzii
Abstract: no abstract

ANDREEV, P.S. & COATES, M.I. & KARATAJUTE-TALIMAA, V. & SHELTON, R.M. & COOPER, P.R. & SANSOM, I.J. (2017): Elegestolepis and its kin, the earliest monodontode chondrichthyans. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37 (1): e1245664
New genus: Deltalepis
New species: Deltalepis magna, Deltalepis parva
Abstract: Chondrichthyan-like scales with simple, single-odontode crowns, reminiscent of those of euselachians, have been reported from Silurian strata in a number of previous studies. These specimens comprise the genera Elegestolepis (from Siberia, Mongolia, and Tuva) and Kannathalepis (from the Canadian Arctic) and have been considered to exhibit contrasting patterns of ontogenetic development. A study of elegestolepid microremains from the Chargat Formation of Mongolia (Llandovery–lower Wenlock) and the Baital Formation of Tuva (Wenlock–Ludlow) has been undertaken using scanning electron microscopy and micro-computed tomography to examine scale canal system and hard tissue structure. These investigations revealed scales at different stages of development, whose morphogenesis is characterized by growth (elongation) of the crown odontode and formation of neck canals. This ontogenetic pattern (Elegestolepis-type morphogenesis) is also recognized in Kannathalepis and the Lower Devonian species Ellesmereia schultzei and forms the basis for the unification of these taxa into a new chondrichthyan order Elegestolepidida, ordo nov. Similarities in crown vascularization (branching pulp, single neck canal) shared by Elegestolepis, Ellesmereia, and Deltalepis, gen. nov. (D. magna, sp. nov., and D. parva, sp. nov., erected herein for Mongolian specimens), require the erection of the family Elegestolepididae, fam. nov., that is distinguished from the monogeneric Kannathalepididae (non-branching pulp, multiple neck canals). Elegestolepid scales exhibit characteristics (neck canal formation and lack of enamel and basal bone osteons) consistent with those of the chondrichthyan dermal skeleton. This establishes Elegestolepidida as the stratigraphically oldest chondrichthyan taxon to develop monodontode scales, which, in contrast to the ‘placoid’ scales of euselachians, are growing structures.
 

Parasites:
AMINJAN, A.R. & MASOUMEH, M. (2017): Two new species of Tetragonocephalum (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from Pastinachus sephen (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Gulf of Oman. Folia Parasitologica, 64: 14
New species: Tetragonocephalum mackenziei, Tetragonocephalum kazemii
Abstract: In the present study two new species of Tetragonocephalum Shipley et Hornell, 1905, T. mackenziei sp. n. and T. kazemii sp. n., are described from the spiral intestine of the cowtail stingray, Pastinachus sephen (Forsskål), from the northern coast of the Gulf of Oman. Tetragonocephalum mackenziei is distinguished from the 16 other valid species of Tetragonocephalum by a unique combination of characteristics, i.e. sperm-filled seminal receptacle in immature proglottids, body length (7.7-17.5 mm), body width (213-288 µm), number of proglottids (34-49), number of testes (10-14), size of scolex (228-315 µm × 213-288 µm) and size of acetabula (56-73 µm × 61-75 µm). Tetragonocephalum kazemii is morphologically distinguishable from its valid congeners and T. mackenziei based  on a combination of characteristics, including body length (28.8-36.6 mm), number of proglottids (50-65), number of testes (30-42), size of scolex (388-564 µm × 326-448 µm), size of acetabula (62-86 µm × 57-90 µm) and testes (25-39 × 21-32).  This brings the total number of validly described species of Tetragonocephalum to 18 and expands our knowledge of this diverse genus to now include the Gulf of Oman, as well as Arafura Sea, northern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

MENORET, A. & MUTTI, L. & IVANOV, V.A. (2017): New species of Aberrapex Jensen, 2001 (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from eagle rays of the genus Myliobatis Cuvier (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from off Argentina. Folia Parasitologica, 64: 009
New species: Aberrapex ludmilae, Aberrapex sanmartini, Aberrapex vitalemuttiorum
Abstract: Three new species of Aberrapex Jensen, 2001 (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) have been collected from species of Myliobatis Cuvier along the coast of Argentina. Aberrapex ludmilae sp. n. parasitises M. goodei Garman in the San Matías Gulf. This species is unique in a combination of features including the shape and extent of the uterus, scolex size, testis distribution, and by lacking an external seminal vesicle and postovarian vitelline follicles. Aberrapex sanmartini sp. n. from M. goodei in San Blas Bay and A. vitalemuttiorum sp. n. from M. ridens Ruocco, Lucifora, Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña et Delpiani in coastal waters off Buenos Aires Province, are distinguished from all other congeners by the microthrix pattern on the scolex surface, uterus shape and extension, position of the connection of the uterine duct to the uterus, presence and extension of an external seminal vesicle, and its overall size and number of proglottids. The specimens of M. goodei and M. ridens show locally distinct cestode faunas, which are correlated with well-defined biogeographic regions. Some of these areas correspond with mating and nursery zones for species of Myliobatis.

IRIGOITIA, M.M. & BRAICOVICH, P.E. & FARBER, M.D. & TIMI, J.T. (2017): Three new genera of rhinebothriidean cestodes from stingrays in Southeast Asia. Folia Parasitologica, 64: 008
New genus: Barbeaucestus, Divaricobothrium, Sungaicestus
New species: Barbeaucestus jockuschae, Barbeaucestus ralickiae, Divaricobothriurn tribelum
Abstract: Three genera of rhinebothriideans, previously referred to as New genus 1, New genus 2 and New genus 4, are erected in the the Anthocephaliidae. New genus 1 is established as Divaricobothrium gen. n., with Divaricobothrium tribelum sp. n. as its type species; Echeneibothrium trifidum Shipley et Hornell, 1906 is transferred to the genus as Divaricobothrium trifidum (Shipley et Hornell, 1906) comb. n. This genus is unique among rhinebothriidean genera in bearing bothridia that are posteriorly deeply divided into two lobes with facial loculi but no apical sucker, and a vagina that extends to near the anterior margin of the proglottid. Its species parasitise Indo-Pacific members of the genera Brevitrygon Last, Naylor et Manjaji-Matsumoto, Maculabatis Last, Naylor et Manjaji-Matsumoto and Pateobatis Last, Naylor et Manjaji-Matsumoto. New genus 2 is established as Barbeaucestus gen. n., with Barbeaucestus jockuschae sp. n. as its type species; Barbeaucestus ralickiae sp. n. is also described. Anthobothrium sexorchidum Williams, 1964 and Rhinebothrium shipleyi Southwell, 1912 are transferred to the genus as Barbeaucestus sexorchidus (Williams, 1964) comb. n. and Barbeaucestus shipleyi (Southwell, 1912) comb. n., respectively. This genus is unique among rhinebothriidean genera in that its bothridia are substantially wider than long, bear an apical sucker and at least one row of two or more facial loculi in their anterior half. Its species parasitise the genera Neotrygon Castelnau and Taeniura Müller et Henle. New genus 4 is established as Sungaicestus gen. n. with transfer of Rhinebothrium kinabatanganensis Healy, 2006, as Sungaicestus kinabatanganensis (Healy, 2006) comb. n., as its type species. Among the genera of its order, this genus most closely resembles Rhinebothrium Linton, 1890, however, despite the original description, the bothridia were found to bear, rather than lack, apical suckers. This monotypic genus is known only from the freshwater stingray Urogymnus polylepis (Müller et Henle). The familial diagnosis of the Anthocephaliidae Ruhnke, Caira et Cox, 2015 is emended. The family now houses five genera.


IRIGOITIA, M.M. & BRAICOVICH, P.E. & FARBER, M.D. & TIMI, J.T. (2017): Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of Pseudanisakis Layman & Borovkova, 1926 (Nematoda: Ascaridida), parasitizing Rajiformes in southern Southwest Atlantic waters. Parasitology Research, in press
New species: Pseudanisakis argentinensis
Abstract: Pseudanisakis argentinensis n. sp. is proposed to accommodate parasitic nematodes found in six skate species (Rajidae and Arhynchobatidae) examined from southern Southwest Atlantic waters. The new species differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: a cupola on each lip, males with 8–12 pairs of precloacal genital papillae, a larger size for both males and females, a greater length-to-breadth ratio of the ventriculus and the presence of a small knob on the tip of the tail. Allometric growth was observed for several morphometric features; however, the slopes of the allometric relationships across host species exhibited non-significant differences and were considered as a strong evidence for conspecificity. Congruent results were obtained after the genetic characterization of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene of worms obtained from different skate species, whose values of genetic divergence (1.3) lay within the range of intraspecific variation. Previous records of specimens referred to as Pseudanisakis tricupola in skates from South American waters are regarded as conspecific with P. argentinensis n. sp.
 

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Latest Research Articles


Extant Chondrichthyes:
ALINEJAD, M. & MOTAMEDZADEGAN, A. & REZAEI, M. & REGENSTEIN, J.M. (2017): The Impact of Drying Method on the Functional and Antioxidant Properties of Whitecheek Shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri) Protein Hydrolysates. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 41 (1): UNSP e12972  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.12972
AMARILES, D.F. & NAVIA, A.F. & GIRALDO, A.  (2017): Food resource partitioning of the Mustelus lunulatus and Mustelus henlei (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes). Environmental Biology of Fishes, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-017-0598-x
ANDREEV, P.S. & COATES, M.I. & KARATAJUTE-TALIMAA, V. & SHELTON, R.M. & COOPER, P.R. & SANSOM, I.J. (2017): Elegestolepis and its kin, the earliest monodontode chondrichthyans. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37 (1): e1245664  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1245664
ARAUJO, G. & SNOW, S. & SO, C.L. & LABAJA, J. & MURRAY, R. & COLUCCI, A. & PONZO, A. (2017): Population structure, residency patterns and movements of whale sharks in Southern Leyte, Philippines: results from dedicated photo-ID and citizen science. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27 (1): 237-252  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2636
BANGLEY, C.W. & RULIFSON, R.A. (2017): Habitat partitioning and diurnal-nocturnal transition in the elasmobranch community of a North Carolina estuary. Bulletin of Marine Science, 93 (2): 319-338  http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2016.1038
BARBOSA, M.L.V. & COSTA-NETO, E.M. & SICILIANO, S. (2017): Knowledge and Practices of Expert Fishermen of South Bahia, Brazil, Regarding the International Shark Fin Market. Human Ecology, 45 (1): 67-75  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-016-9873-2
BARLEY, S.C. & MEEKAN, M.G. & MEEUWIG, J.J.  (2017): Diet and condition of mesopredators on coral reefs in relation to shark abundance. PLoS ONE, 12 (4): e0165113  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165113
BENNETT, M.B. & COMAN, F.F. & TOWNSEND, K.A. & COUTURIER, L.I.E. & JAINE, F.R.A. & RICHARDSON, A.J. (2017): A historical and contemporary consideration of the diet of the reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68 (5): 993-997  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF16046
BITON-PORSMOGUER, S. (2017): Análisis de la explotación del pez espada Xiphias gladius y de la tintorera Prionace glauca por la flota palangrera catalana durante el periodo 2010-2015 en el Mediterráneo occidental. [Analysis of swordfish Xiphias gladius and blue shark Prionace glauca fisheries by Catalan longline fleet from 2010 to 2015 in the occidental Mediterranean Sea.] Revista De Biologia Marina Y Oceanografia, 52 (1): 175-179
BIZZARRO, J.J. & YOKLAVICH, M.M. & WAKEFIELD, W.W. (2017): Diet composition and foraging ecology of US Pacific Coast groundfishes with applications for fisheries management. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 100 (4): 375-393  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-016-0529-2
BOGAN, S. & AGNOLIN, F.L. & OTERO, R.A. & EGLI, F.B. & SUÁREZ, M.E. & SOTO-ACUÑA, S. & NOVAS, F.E. (2017): A new species of the genus Echinorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Echinorhiniformes) from the upper cretaceous of southern South America (Argentina-Chile). Cretaceous Research, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.020
BRADLEY, D. & PAPASTAMATIOU, Y.P. & CASELLE, J.E. (2017): No persistent behavioural effects of SCUBA diving on reef sharks. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 567: 173–184  http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12053
CARNEY, S.L. & MCVEIGH, D.M. & MOSS, J.B. & FERRIER, M.D. & MORRISSEY, J.F. (2017): Insights on Mitochondrial Genetic Variation in Chesapeake Bay Summer-Resident Cownose Rays. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 146 (3): 478-484  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2017.1285350
CASTRO, J. (2016): The Origins and Rise of Shark Biology in the 20th Century. Marine Fisheries Review, 78 (1-2): 14-33  http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/MFR.78.1–2.2
CHIN, A. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. & WHITE, W.T. & JOHNSON, G.J. & MCAULEY, R.B. & HEUPEL, M.R. (2017): Crossing lines: a multidisciplinary framework for assessing connectivity of hammerhead sharks across jurisdictional boundaries. Scientific Reports, 7: 46061   http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep46061
CLUA, E. & IMIRIZALDU, M. (2017): First record of the sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) in the Chesterfield reefs (Coral Sea, Western Central Pacific). Cybium, 41 (1): 67-68          
COOPER, R.L. & MARTIN, K.J. & RASCH, L.J. & FRASER, G.J. (2017): Developing an ancient epithelial appendage: FGF signalling regulates early tail denticle formation in sharks. EvoDevo, 8: 8  http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13227-017-0071-0   
COSTA, T.L.A. & PENNINO, M.G. & MENDES, L.F. (2017): Identifying ecological barriers in marine environment: The case study of Dasyatis marianae. Marine Environmental Research, 125: 1-9  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.12.005        
DECK, C.A. & ANDERSON, W.G. & CONLON, J.M. & WALSH, P.J. (2017): The activity of the rectal gland of the North Pacific spiny dogfish Squalus suckleyi is glucose dependent and stimulated by glucagon-like peptide-1. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-017-1102-9
DELGADO, J. & CARVALHO, D. & FREITAS, M. & BISCOITO, M. & DE GOUVEIA, E.P. (2017): Records of some rare deep-sea fishes caught in the Lion, Susan, and Unicorn seamounts, off the archipelago of Madeira (east-central Atlantic). Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, 47 (1): 91-96  http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/aiep/02088
DI SANTO, V. & BLEVINS, E.L. & LAUDER, G.V. (2017): Batoid locomotion: effects of speed on pectoral fin deformation in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220 (4): 705-712  http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.148767      DIMARCHOPOULOU, D. & STERGIOU, K.I. & TSIKLIRAS, A.C. (2017): Gap analysis on the biology of Mediterranean marine fishes. PLoS ONE, 12 (4): e0175949  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175949
DOANE, M.P. & HAGGERTY, J.M. & KACEV, D. & PAPUDESHI, B. & DINSDALE, E.A. (2017): The skin microbiome of the Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) has low taxonomic and potential metabolic β-diversity. Environmental Microbiology Reports, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12537
EASTON, E.E. & SELLANES, J. & GAYMER, C.F. & MORALES, N. & GORNY, M. & BERKENPAS, E. (2017): Diversity of deep-sea fishes of the Easter Island Ecoregion. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 137: 78-88  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.12.006
EDER, E.B. & MARIN, M.R. & LEWIS, M.N. (2017): Demersal and pelagic species of fish and squid from the Patagonian shelf. ZooKeys, 668: 139-145  http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.668.11826
ESTALLES, M.L. & PERIER, M.R. & DI GIACOMO, E.E. (2017): Reproductive biology of Sympterygia bonapartii (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) in San Matias Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina. Neotropical Ichthyology, 15 (1): e160022  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20160022
FRANCIS, M.P. & JONES, E.G. (2017): Movement, depth distribution and survival of spinetail devilrays (Mobula japanica) tagged and released from purse-seine catches in New Zealand. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27 (1): 219-236  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2641
FREITAS, M. & VIEIRA, S. & COSTA, L. & DELGADO, J. & BISCOITO, M. & GONZALEZ, J.A. (2017): First records of Chimaera opalescens (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from Madeira and north-west African Coast. Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, 47 (1): 81-84  http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/aiep/02114
GARGAN, L.M. & MORATO, T. & PHAM, C.K. & FINARELLI, J.A. & CARLSSON, J.E.L. & CARLSSON, J. (2017): Development of a sensitive detection method to survey pelagic biodiversity using eDNA and quantitative PCR: a case study of devil ray at seamounts. Marine Biology, 164: 112  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3141-x
GARLA, R.C. & GADIG, O.B.F. & GARCIA, J. & VERAS, L.B. & GARRONE-NETO, D. (2017): Hunting tactics of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, in shallow waters of an oceanic insular area in the western equatorial Atlantic. Neotropical Ichthyology, 15 (1: e160119  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20160119
GE, Y. & ZHANG, J. & SHI, X. & LU, C. & YANG, L. & LI, Y. & CHEN, Y. & CHENG, D. & BAI, J. & LV, Z. & LIU, L. (2017): Differential expression and miRNA regulation of the GSTP1 gene in the regenerating liver of Chiloscyllium plagiosum. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 43 (3): 791–802  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10695-016-0332-1
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HUGGETT, J. & ADETUNJI, J. & LONGSTAFFE, F. & WRAY, D. (2017): Mineralogical and geochemical characterisation of warm-water, shallow-marine glaucony from the Tertiary of the London Basin. Clay Minerals, 52 (1): 25-50  http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/claymin.2017.052.1.02
MANZANARES, E. & PLA, C. & MARTINEZ-PEREZ, C. & FERRON, H. & BOTELLA, H. (2017): Lonchidion derenzii, sp. nov., a new lonchidiid shark (Chondrichthyes, Hybodontiforms) from the Upper Triassic of Spain, with remarks on lonchidiid enameloid. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37 (1): e1253585  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1253585         
PEREZ, V.J. & PIMIENTO, C. & HENDY, A. & GONZÁLEZ-BARBA, G. (2017): Late Miocene chondrichthyans from Lago Bayano, Panama: Functional diversity, environment and biogeography. Journal of Paleontology, 91 (3): 512-547  http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2017.5     
RICHTER, M. & BOSETTI, E.P. & HORODYSKI, R.S. (2017): Early Devonian (Late Emsian) shark fin remains (Chondrichthyes) from the Paraná Basin, southern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 89 (1): 103-118  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201720160458       
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Parasites:
AMINJAN, A.R. & MASOUMEH, M. (2017): Two new species of Tetragonocephalum (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from Pastinachus sephen (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from the Gulf of Oman. Folia Parasitologica, 64: 14  http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2017.014
BUENO, V.M. & CAIRA, J.N. (2017): Redescription and molecular assessment of relationships among three species of Echeneibothrium (Rhinebothriidea: Echeneibothriidae) parasitizing the yellownose skate, Dipturus chilensis, in Chile. Journal of Parasitology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/16-177
CAIRA, J.N. & HEALY, C.J. & MARQUES, F.P.L. & JENSEN, K. (2017): Three new genera of rhinebothriidean cestodes from stingrays in Southeast Asia. Folia Parasitologica, 64: 008  http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2017.008
HERZOG, K.S. & JENSEN, K. (2017): A new genus with two new species of lecanicephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) from the mangrove whipray, Urogymnus granulatus (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the Solomon Islands and northern Australia. Folia Parasitologica, 64: 004  http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2017.004
KVIST, S. & OCEGUERA-FIGUEROA, A. & TESSLER, M. & JIMENEZ-ARMENTA, J. & FREEMAN, R.M. & GIRIBET, G. & SIDDALL, M.E. (2017): When predator becomes prey: investigating the salivary transcriptome of the shark-feeding leech Pontobdella macrothela (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 179 (4): 725-737  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12473
MENORET, A. & MUTTI, L. & IVANOV, V.A. (2017): New species of Aberrapex Jensen, 2001 (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from eagle rays of the genus Myliobatis Cuvier (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from off Argentina. Folia Parasitologica, 64: 009  http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2017.009
SILVA, C. & VERISSIMO, A. & CARDOSO, P. & CABLE, J. & XAVIER, R. (2017): Infection of the lesser spotted dogfish with Proleptus obtusus Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Spirurida) reflects ontogenetic feeding behaviour and seasonal differences in prey availability. Acta Parasitologica, 62 (2): 471-476  http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ap-2017-0055
 
 

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