Jordan, D.S. & Bollman, C.H. (1889)
Descriptions of new species of fishes collected at the Galápagos Islands and along the coast of the United Status of Colombia, 1877-88. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 12, 149–183

Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. (1896)
The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 47, 1–1240

Gilbert, C.H. & Starks, E.C. (1904)
The fishes of Panama Bay. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, 4: 304 p.

Garman, S. (1913)
The Plagiostomia (Sharks, Skates and Rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 36, 1–528

Osburn, R.C. & Nichols, J.T. (1916)
Shore fishes collected by the "Albatross" expedition in Lower California, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 35(16), 139–181

Meek, S.E. & Hildebrand, S.F. (1923)
The marine fishes of Panama. Part I. Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 15, (publication no. 215): 1–330.

Breder, C.M. (1928)
Elasmobranchii from Panama to Lower California. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University, 2(1): 1–13

Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. & Clark, H.W. (1930)
Check list of the fishes and fishlike vertebrates of North and Middle America north of the northern boundary of Venezuela and Colombia. Report of the United States Fish Commission, 1928(2), 1–670

Clark, H.W. (1936)
New and noteworthy fishes. The Templeton Crocker expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 21(29), 383–396

Beebe, W. & Tee-Van, J. (1941)
Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXVIII. Fishes from the tropical eastern Pacific. [From Cedros Island, Lower California, south to the Galápagos Islands and northern Peru.] Part 3. Rays, Mantas and Chimaeras. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 26(3), 245–280

Fechhelm, J.D. & McEachran, J.D. (1984)
A revision of the electric ray genus Diplobatis with notes on the interrelationships of Narcinidae (Chondrichthyes, Torpediniformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Science, 29, 171–209

Horne, W.A. & Hawrot, E. & Tsien, R.W. (1991)
omega-Conotoxin GVIA receptors of Discopyge electric organ. Characterization of omega-conotoxin binding to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 266(21), 13719–13725

Volknandt, W. & Pevsner, J. & Elferink, L.A. & Schilling, J. & Scheller, R.H. (1991)
A synaptic vesicle specific GTP-binding protein from ray electric organ. Molecular Brain Research, 11(3–4), 283–290
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(91)90037-X

Volknandt, W. & Vogel, M. & Pevsner, J. & Misumi, Y. & Ikehara, Y. & Zimmermann, H. (1991)
5'-nucleotidase from the electric ray electric lobe. Primary structure and relation to mammalian and procaryotic enzymes. European Journal of Biochemistry / FEBS, 202(3), 855–861
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16443.x

Horne, W.A. & Ellinor, P.T. & Inman, I. & Zhou, M. & Tsien, R.W. & Schwarz, T.L. (1993)
Molecular diversity of Ca2+ channel alpha 1 subunits from the marine ray Discopyge ommata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 90(9), 3787–3791

Bearez, P. (1996)
Lista de los peces marinos del Ecuador Continental. Revista de Biología Tropical, 44, 731–741

Herrmann, C. & Zimmermann, H. & Volknandt, W. (1997)
Analysis of a cDNA encoding the major vault protein from the electric ray Discopyge ommata. Gene, 188(1), 85–90
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00781-0

Mould, B. (1997)
Classification of the recent Elasmobranchii. Copyright Brian Mould 1997

Mantilla, L. (1998)
Lista de especies elasmobranquios de Colombia. Rev. Fen. Anat. Vol I.

Mantilla, L. (1998)
Lista de especies elasmobránquias de Colombia. Revista de Fenología y Anatomía, 1, 1–42

Aguilar-Palomino, B. & Reyes, C.P. & Galván-Magaña, F. & Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A. (2001)
Ictiofauna de la Bahía de Navidad, Jalisco, México. Revista de Biología Tropical, 49(1): 173–190

Caira, J.N. & Burge, A.N. (2001)
Three new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the ocellate electric ray, Diplobatis ommata, in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Comparative Parasitology, 68(1), 52–65

Herman, J. & Hovestadt-Euler, M. & Hovestadt, D.C. & Stehmann, M. (2002)
Contributions to the study of the comparative morphology of teeth and other relevant ichthyodorulites in living supraspecific taxa of chondrichthyan fishes. Part B: Batomorphii. No. 4: Order Torpediniformes - Family Narcinidae - Subfamily Narcininae - Genera: Benthobatis, Diplobatis, Discopyge and Narcine, Subfamily Narkinae - Genera: Bengalichthys, Crassinarke, Heteronarce, Narke, Temera, and Typhlonarke, Family Torpedinidae - Subfamily Torpedininae - Genus: Torpedo - Subfamily T. (Tetronarke) and T. (Torpedo) and Subfamily Hypninae - Genus: Hypnos. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 72, 5–45

Hastings, P.A. & Findley, L.T. (2004)
Marine Fishes of the Upper Gulf Biosphere Reserve, Northern Gulf of California. In Felger, R. S. & B. Broyles(eds). Dryborders: Great Natural Areas of the Gran Desierto and Upper Gulf of California, Univ. Utah Press, Salt Lake City: 364–382

Soto, J.M.R. & Mincarone, M.M. (2004)
Collections of the Museu Oceanográfico do vale do Itajai. I. Catalog of cartilaginous fishes (Myxini, Cephalaspidomorphi, Elasmobranchii, Holocephali). Mare Magnum, 1(2), 1–125

Compagno, L.J.V. (2005)
Checklist of living Chondrichthyes. In W.C. Hamlett (Ed.), Reproductive biology and phylogeny of chondrichthyes: sharks, rays and chimaeras, Vol. 3 (pp. 503–548). Science Publishers, Endfield, USA

Schaefer, J.T. & Summers, A.P. (2005)
Batoid wing skeletal structure: novel morphologies, mechanical implications, and phylogenetic patterns. Journal of Morphology, 264(3), 298–313
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10331

de Carvalho, M.R. & McCord, M.E. & Bizzarro, J.J. (2006)
Diplobatis ommata IUCN 2012, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2012.2, https://www.iucnredlist.org

Mejía-Falla, P.A. & Navia, A.F. & Mejía-Ladino, L.M. & Acero, A.P. & Rubio, E.A. (2007)
Tiburones y rayas de Colombia (Pisces: Elasmobranchii). Lista actualizada, revisada y comentada. Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, 36, 111–149

Mejía-Falla, P.A. & Navia, A.F. & Mejía-Ladino, L.M. & Acero, A.P. & Rubio, E.A. (2007)
Tiburones y rayas de Colombia (Pisces: Elasmobranchii). Lista revisada, actualizada y comentada. Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, 34, 128–169

Rodriguez-Romero, J. & Palacios-Salgado, D.S. & Lopez-Martinez, J. & Hernandez-Vazquez, S. & Ponce-Diaz, G. (2008)
Composición taxonómica y relaciones zoogeográficas de los peces demersales de la costa occidental de Baja California Sur, México [Taxonomic composition and zoogeographic relations of demersal in the western coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico]. Revista de Biología Tropical, 56(4): 1765–1783

Lopez-Martinez, J. & Herrera-Valdivia, E. & Rodriguez-Romero, J. & Hernandez-Vazquez, S. (2010)
Peces de la fauna de acompañamiento en la pesca industrial de camarón en el Golfo de California, México [Bycatch fish species from shrimp industrial fishery in the Gulf of California, Mexico]. Revista de Biología Tropical, 58(3): 925–942

Clarke, T.M. & Espinoza, M. & Villalobos-Rojas, F. & Wehrtmann, I.S. (2011)
Summary of Demersal Elasmobranch Studies in the Continental Platform of the Pacific of Costa Rica with Management and Conservation Strategies. Technical Report. San José, Costa Rica

Mascarenas-Osorio, I. & Erisman, B.E. & Moxley, J. & Balart, E.F. & Aburto-Oropeza, O. (2011)
Checklist of conspicuous reef fishes of the Bahía de los Ángeles region, Baja California Norte, Mexico, with comments on abundance and ecological biogeography. Zootaxa, 2922, 60–68

Mejía-Falla, P.A. & Navia, A.F. (2011)
Relationship between body size and geographic range size of elasmobranchs from the Tropical Eastern Pacific: An initial approximation for their conservation. Ciencias Marinas, 37(3), 305–321

Mejía-Falla, P.A. & Navia, A.F. & Puentes, V. (2011)
Guía para la identificación de especies de tiburones, rayas y quimeras de Colombia. Bogotá, D.C.: Colombia. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible; Corporación para el Desarrollo, Sostenible del Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina – CORALINA; Gobernación de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Fundación SQUALUS, 2011.

Kyne, P.M. & Carlson, J.K. & Ebert, D.A. & Fordham, S.V. & Bizzarro, J.J. & Graham, R.T. & Kulka, D.W. & Tewes, E.E. & Harrison, L.R. & Dulvy, N.K. (2012)
The Conservation Status of North American, Central American, and Caribbean Chondrichthyans. IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group, Vancouver, Canada.

Guzman, A.F. & Meraz Munguia, M.A. (2013)
Vertebrados condrictios de la colección del Laboratorio de Ecología de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México [Chondrichthyan specimens housed at the Coleccion del Laboratorio de Ecologia of the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico]. CICIMAR Oceanides, 28(2), 41–60

Montes Dominguez, H.M. & Lopez Barcenas, R. & Gonzalez Isais, M. (2014)
Estudio Morfológico del Cerebro y Pares Craneales de Diplobatis ommata (Elasmobranchii: Narcinidae). [Morphological Study of the Brain and Cranial Nerves of Diplobatis ommata (Elasmobranchii: Narcinidae).] International Journal of Morphology, 32(4), 1152–1155
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022014000400005

Clarke, T.M. & Espinoza, M. & Ahrens, R. & Wehrtmann, I.S. (2015)
Elasmobranch bycatch associated with the shrimp trawl fishery off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America. Fishery Bulletin, 114(1), 1–17
DOI: 10.7755/FB.114.1

del Moral-Flores, L.F. & Morrone, J.J. & Alcocer Durand, J. & Espinosa-Pérez, H. & Pérez-Ponce de León, G. (2015)
Lista patrón de los tiburones, rayas y quimeras (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) de México. Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 13, 47–163

IVan Merlo-Serna, A. & Garcia-Prieto, L. (2016)
A checklist of helminth parasites of Elasmobranchii in Mexico. ZooKeys, 563, 73–128
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.563.6067

Navia, A.F. & Mejía-Falla, P.A. & Hleap, J.S. (2016)
Zoogeography of Elasmobranchs in the Colombian Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14(2), Article e140134
DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20140134

Weigmann, S. (2016)
Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88(3), 837–1037
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12874

de Carvalho, M.R. & Last, P.R. (2016)
Numbfishes, Family Narcinidae. In Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W & Naylor, G.J.P(Eds.) Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne: 137–169

del Moral Flores, L.F. & Morrone, J.J. & Alcocer, J. & Pérez-Ponce de León, G. (2016)
Diversidad y afinidades biogeográficas de los tiburones, rayas y quimeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) de México [Diversity and biogeographic affinities of sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) of Mexico. Revista de Biología Tropical, 64(4): 1469–1486
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v64i4.22774

Clarke, T.M. & Espinoza, M. & Chaves, R.R. & Wehrtmann, I.S. (2017)
Assessing the vulnerability of demersal elasmobranchs to a data-poor shrimp trawl fishery in Costa Rica, Eastern Tropical Pacific. Biological Conservation, 217, 321–328
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.11.015

Buckley, K.A. & Crook, D.A. & Pillans, R.D. & Smith, L. & Kyne, P.M. (2018)
Sustainability of threatened species displayed in public aquaria, with a case study of Australian sharks and rays. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28(1), 137–151
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-017-9501-2

Ehemann, N.R. & González-González, L.V. & Chollet-Villalpando, J.G. & Cruz-Agüero, J.D.L. (2018)
Updated checklist of the extant Chondrichthyes within the Exclusive Economic Zone of Mexico. ZooKeys, 774, 17–39
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.774.25028

Espinoza, M. & Díaz, E. & Angulo, A. & Hernández, S. & Clarke, T.M. (2018)
Chondrichthyan Diversity, Conservation Status, and Management Challenges in Costa Rica. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, Article 85
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00085

Gonzalez-Acosta, A.F. & Balart, E.F. & Ruiz-Campos, G. & Espinosa-Perez, H. & Cruz-Escalona, V.H. & Hernandez-Lopez, A. (2018)
Diversity and conservation of fishes from La Paz Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Revista Mexicana De Biodiversidad, 89(3), 705–740
DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2018.3.2145

Moreira, R.A. & de Carvalho, M.R. (2018)
Morphology of the clasper musculature in rays (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii: Batoidea), with comments on their phylogenetic interrelationships. Journal of Morphology, 279(12), 1827–1839
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20904

de La Cruz-Aguero, J. & Garcia-Rodriguez, F.J. & Cota-Gomez, V.M. (2018)
Length-Weight Relationships of Five Elasmobranch Species from the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 18(8), 1005–1007
DOI: 10.4194/1303-2712-v18_8_09

Mejía-Falla, P.A. & Navia, A.F. (2019)
Checklist of marine elasmobranchs of Colombia. Universitas Scientiarum, 24(1), 241–276
DOI: 10.11144/Javeriana.SC24-1.come

Vargas-Zamora, J.A. & Lopez-Sanchez, M.I. & Ramirez-Coghi, A.R. (2019)
Peces del Golfo de Nicoya, Pacífico, Costa Rica: actualización de las listas de los buques científicos Skimmer y Victor Hensen [Fishes from the Gulf of Nicoya, Pacific, Costa Rica: an update of the lists of the Skimmer and Victor Hensen research vessels]. Revista de Biología Tropical, 67(4): 913–934

Becerril-García, E.E. & Hoyos-Padilla, E.M. & Henning, B. & Salinas-de León, P. (2020)
Sharks, rays, and chimaeras of the Revillagigedo National Park: An update of new and confirmed records. Journal of Fish Biology, 97(4), 1228–1232
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14457

Calle-Moran, M.D. & Bearez, P. (2020)
Updated checklist of marine cartilaginous fishes from continental and insular Ecuador (Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean). Cybium, 44(3), 239–250
DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2020-443-004

Espinoza, M. & Araya-Arce, T. & Chaves-Zamora, I. & Chinchilla, I. & Cambra, M. (2020)
Monitoring elasmobranch assemblages in a data-poor country from the Eastern Tropical Pacific using baited remote underwater video stations. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 17175
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-74282-8

Garces-Garcia, K.C. & Tovar-Avila, J. & Vargas-Trejo, B. & Chavez-Arrenquin, D.A. & Walker, T.I. & Day, R.W. (2020)
Elasmobranch bycatch by prawn trawls in the Gulf of California: First comprehensive analysis and the effect of fish escape devices. Fisheries Research, 230, Article 105639
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105639

Guinot, G. & Cavin, L. (2020)
Distinct Responses of Elasmobranchs and Ray-Finned Fishes to Long-Term Global Change. Frontiers in Ecololgy and Evolution, 7, Article 513
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00513

Zaragoza-Tapia, F. & Pulido-Flores, G. & Gardner, S.L. & Monks, S. (2020)
Host relationships and geographic distribution of species of Acanthobothrium Blanchard, 1848 (Onchoproteocephalidea, Onchobothriidae) in elasmobranchs: a metadata analysis. ZooKeys, 940, 1–49
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.940.46352

Bessudo, S. & Ladino, F. & Becerril-Garcia, E.E. & Shepard, C.M. & Salinas-De-Leon, P. & Hoyos-Padilla, E.M. (2021)
The elasmobranchs of Malpelo Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, Colombia. Journal of Fish Biology, 99(5), 1769–1774
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14874

Gonzalez-Acosta, A.F. & Monsalvo-Flores, A.E. & Tovar-Avila, J. & Jimenez-Castaneda, M.F. & Alejo-Plata, M.D. & de La Cruz-Aguero, G. (2021)
Diversity and conservation of Chondrichthyes in the Gulf of California. Marine Biodiversity, 51(3), Article 46
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-021-01186-9

Love, M.S. & Bizzarro, J.J. & Cornthwaite, A.M. & Frable, B.W. & Maslenikov, K.P. (2021)
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Zootaxa, 5053(1), 1–285
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1

Moreira, R.A. & de Carvalho, M.R. (2021)
Phylogenetic significance of clasper morphology of electric rays (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea: Torpediniformes). Journal of Morphology, 282(3), 438–448
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21315

Serrano-Flores, F. & Torres-Rojas, Y.E. & Ajemian, M.J. & Mendoza-Carranza, M. & Perez-Jimenez, J.C. (2021)
Advances in the study of the trophic niche of batoids with distribution in Mexican waters. Marine Ecology, 42(6), Article e12687
DOI: 10.1111/maec.12687

Ágreda-Arango, J. & Ballesteros, C. & Bessudo, S. & Bent-Hooker, H. & Bolaños, N. & Caldas, J.P. & Duarte, J.O. & Gómez, F. & Lara, G. & Loaiza, J. & Mejía-Falla, P.A. & Velandia, M. & Navia, A.F. (2022)
Richness distribution patterns of marine elasmobranchs in Colombia [Patrones de distribución de la riqueza de elasmobranquios marinos en Colombia] Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 57(Núm. Especial Condrictios), in press
DOI: 10.22370/rbmo.2022.57.Especial.3177

González-Isáis, M. & Montes-Domínguez, H.M. (2023)
Morphological Variation in the Cephalic Musculature of Diplobatis ommata and Narcine vermiculatus (Chondrychthyes: Narcinidae). International Journal of Morphology, 41(5), 1304–1309