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Deep-water fishes of the 2011 Hearst Philippine biodiversity expedition by the California Academy of Sciences. In: G.C. Williams and T.M. Gosliner (eds.). The Coral Triangle. The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. pp. 263–332

McCosker, J.E. & Long, D.J. & Baldwin, C.C. (2012)
Description of a New Species of Deepwater Catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Zootaxa, 3221, 48–59

Curtis, T.H. & Bruce, B. & Cliff, G. & Dudley, S.F.J. & Klimley, P.A. & Kock, A.A. & Lea, R.N. & Lowe, C.G. & McCosker, J.E. & Skomal, G.B. & Werry, J.M. & West, J.G. (2012)
Chapter 31: Responding to the risk of white shark attack: Updated statistics, prevention, control methods and recommendations. In M.L. Domeier (Ed.), Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark (pp. 477–509). CRC Press

Long, D.J. & McCosker, J.E. & Blum, S. & Klapfer, A. (2011)
Tropical Eastern Pacific Records of the Prickly Shark, Echinorhinus cookei (Chondrichthyes: Echinorhinidae). Pacific Science, 65(4), 433–440
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McCosker, J.E. & Lea, R.N. (2006)
White Shark Attacks Upon Humans in California and Oregon, 1993-2003. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 57(17), 479–501

Long, D.J. & McCosker, J.E. (1999)
A new species of deep-water skate, Rajella eisenhardti, (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) from the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 112(1), 45–51

Tricas, T.C. & Deacon, K. & Last, P.R. & McCosker, J.E. & Walker, T.L. & Taylor, L. (1997)
Sharks and Rays. Time Life Publishing, Indiana, 288 p

Goldman, K.J. & McCosker, J.E. & Anderson, S.D. & Klimley, A.P. (1996)
Temperature, Swimming Depth, and Movements of a White Shark at the South Farallon Islands, California. In A.P. Klimley & D. Ainley, (Eds.), Great White Sharks. The biology of Carcharodon carcharias (pp. 111–120). Academic Press.

McCosker, J.E. & Lea, R.N. (1996)
White Shark Attacks in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: An Update and Analysis. In A.P. Klimley & D. Ainley, (Eds.), Great White Sharks. The biology of Carcharodon carcharias (pp. 419–434). Academic Press.

Ellis, R. & McCosker, J.E. (1991)
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McCosker, J.E. (1987)
The white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, has a warm stomach. Copeia, 1987(1), 195–197

Le Boeuf, B.J. & McCosker, J.E. & Hewitt, J. (1987)
Crater wounds on northern elephant seals: The cookiecutter shark strikes again. Fishery Bulletin, 85(2), 387–392

Carey, F.G. & Casey, J.G. & Pratt, H.L. & Urquhart, D. & McCosker, J.E. (1985)
Temperature, heat production and heat exchange in lamnid sharks. Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 9, 92–108

McCosker, J.E. (1985)
White shark attack behaviour: observations of and speculations about predator and prey strategies. Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 9, 123–135

Engaña, A.C. & McCosker, J.E. (1984)
Attacks on divers by white sharks in Chile. California Fish and Game, 70(3), 173–179

Tricas, T.C. & McCosker, J.E. (1984)
Predatory behavior of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), with notes on its biology. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 43(14), 221–238

McCosker, J.E. (1981)
Great white shark. An ichthyologist takes a closer look at the fish behind the legend. Science, 81, 42–51