Torres, Y. & Rotundo, M.M. & Vianna, M. & Charvet, P. & Faria, V.V. & Oliveira, C. & Foresti, F. & Cruz, V.P. (2024)
Population structure of the critically endangered Brazilian guitarfish Pseudobatos horkelii (Rhinobatidae) revealed by double-digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(1), Article e4035
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.4035

Barreto, P.P. & Mendoza-Portillo, V. & Adams, D.H. & Cruz, V.P. & Foresti, F. & Díaz-Jaimes, P. (2024)
Genetic variability and population structure of two sympatric cownose rays Rhinoptera (Myliobatiformes, Rhinopteridae) in the Western Atlantic Ocean. PeerJ, 12, Article e17700
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17700

Cruz, V.P. & Rotundo, M.M. & Charvet, P. & Boza, B.R. & Souza, B.C. & Cerqueira, N. & Oliveira, C. & Lessa, R. & Foresti, F. (2023)
Investigating an Unknown Biodiversity: Evidence of Distinct Lineages of the Endemic Chola Guitarfish Pseudobatos percellens Walbaum, 1792 in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Diversity, 15(3), Article 344
DOI: 10.3390/d15030344

Adachi, A. & Roque, P.C.G. & Hazin, F.H.V. & Vianna, M. & Rotundo, M.M. & Oliveira, C. & Foresti, F. & Cruz, V.P. (2023)
Genetic Population Structure and Diversity of the Whitetail Dogfish Squalus albicaudus (Chondrichthyes, Squaliformes) along the Brazilian Coast as Identified by SNP Markers. Fishes, 8(7), Article 373
DOI: 10.3390/fishes8070373

Ariza, A.A. & Adachi, A. & Roque, P. & Hazin, F.H.V. & Vianna, M. & Rotundo, M.M. & Delpiani, S.M. & de Astarloa, J.M.D. & Delpiani, G. & Oliveira, C. & Foresti, F. & Cruz, V.P. (2022)
DNA Barcoding and Species Delimitation for Dogfish Sharks Belonging to the Squalus Genus (Squaliformes: Squalidae). Diversity, 14(7), Article 544
DOI: 10.3390/d14070544

Cruz, V.P. & Adachi, A. & Oliveira, P.H. & Ribeiro, G.S. & Paim, F.G. & Souza, B.C. & Rodrigues, A.S.F. & Vianna, M. & Delpiani, S.M. & de Astarloa, J.M.D. & Rotundo, M.M. & Mendonca, F.F. & Oliveira, C. & Lessa, R.P. & Foresti, F. (2021)
Genetic diversity in two threatened species of guitarfish (Elasmobranchii: Rhinobatidae) from the Brazilian and Argentinian coasts: an alert for conservation. Neotropical Ichthyology, 19(2), Article e210012
DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2021-0012

Souza, B.C. & Cruz, V.P. & Almeida, T.R.A. & Sales, J.B.L. & Rodrigues, L.F.S. & Vianna, M. & Rotundo, M.M. & Oliveira, C. & Foresti, F. (2021)
Genetic diversity assessment for the vulnerable migratory cownose ray Rhinoptera bonasus (Myliobatiformes: Rhinopteridae) from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Neotropical Ichthyology, 19(4), Article 210077
DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2021-0077

Sales, J.B.L. & de Oliveira, C.N. & Dos Santos, W.C.R. & Rotundo, M.M. & Ferreira, Y. & Ready, J. & Sampaio, I. & Oliveira, C. & Cruz, V.P. & Lara-Mendoza, R.E. & da Silva Rodrigues-Filho, L.F. (2019)
Phylogeography of eagle rays of the genus Aetobatus: Aetobatus narinari is restricted to the continental western Atlantic Ocean. Hydrobiologia, 836(1), 169–183
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-019-3949-0

Morales, M.J.A. & Mendonça, F.F. & Magalhães, C.O. & Oliveira, C. & Coelho, R. & Santos, M.N. & Cruz, V.P. & Piercy, A. & Burgess, G. & Hazin, F.V. & Foresti, F. (2018)
Population genetics of the bigeye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans: implications for conservation. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28(4), 941–951
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-018-9531-4

Cruz, V.P. & Vera, M. & Pardo, B.G. & Taggart, J. & Martinez, P. & Oliveira, C. & Foresti, F. (2017)
Identification and validation of single nucleotide polymorphisms as tools to detect hybridization and population structure in freshwater stingrays. Molecular Ecology Resources, 17(3), 550–556
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12564

Palacios-Barreto, P. & Cruz, V.P. & Foresti, F. & Rangel, B.D. & Uribe-Alcocer, M. & Diaz-Jaimes, P. (2017)
Molecular evidence supporting the expansion of the geographical distribution of the Brazilian cownose ray Rhinoptera brasiliensis (Myliobatiformes: Rhinopteridae) in the western Atlantic. Zootaxa, 4341(4), 593–600
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.11

Mendes, N.J. & Cruz, V.P. & Ashikaga, F.Y. & Camargo, S.M. & Oliveira, C. & Piercy, A.N. & Burgess, G.H. & Coelho, R. & Santos, M.N. & Mendonça, F.F. & Foresti, F. (2016)
Microsatellite loci in the tiger shark and cross-species amplification using pyrosequencing technology. PeerJ 4: e2205
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2205

Mendes, N.J. & Cruz, V.P. & Mendonça, F.F. & Pardo, B.G. & Coelho, R. & Ashikaga, F.Y. & Scamargo, S.M. & Martínez, P. & Oliveira, C. & Santos, M.N. & Foresti, F. (2015)
Microsatellite loci in the oceanic whitetip shark and cross-species amplification using pyrosequencing technology. Conservation Genetics Resources, 7(2), 585–589
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-015-0435-5

Cruz, V.P. & Vera, M. & Mendonca, F.F. & Pardo, B.G. & Martinez, P. & Oliveira, C. & Foresti, F. (2015)
First identification of interspecies hybridization in the freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon motoro and P. falkneri (Myliobatiformes, Potamotrygonidae) Conservation Genetics, 16(1), 241–245
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0642-8

Cruz, V.P. & Oliveira, C. & Foresti, F. (2015)
An intriguing model for 5S rDNA sequences dispersion in the genome of freshwater stingray Potamotrygon motoro (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). [in russian] Molekuliarnaia Biologiia, 49(3), 525–528
DOI: 10.7868/s0026898415030039