NEWSLETTER 11/2012 18. November 2012

 

NEW PARTNERS:

• André Afonso, CCMAR- Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
• Joanna D. Borucinska, Department of Biology, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, USA
• Bonnie Holmes, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
• South East Queensland Tiger Shark Research (Homepage)

 

 

 

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NEW IMAGES AT SHARK-REFERENCES:

 

Many thanks to:

 

NICK COBURN PHILLIPS, Explorer ~ Marine Scientist & Cameraman, Creator of BORNEO SHARKARMA for the images of Trygonorrhina dumerilii (CASTELNAU, 1873), the first record ot this species in Borneo!:

 

 

Joachim Seidel, Germany for the image of Carcharhinus longimanus (POEY, 1861):

 

 

 

 

Please send your images to shark-references!

 

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Many thanks for sending missing papers:

 

Dipl.Ing. Lutz Andres

Oliver Landemaine  

 

Shark-References would kindly like to ask you for your contribution to this project.

Please support www.shark-references.com and send missing papers (not listed papers or papers without the infosymbol) to juergen.pollerspoeck@shark-references.com

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New described species:

 

Fossil:

 

EHRET, D.J. & MACFADDEN, B.J. & JONES, D.S. & DEVRIES, T.J. & FOSTER, D.A. & SALAS-GISMONDI, R. (2012): Origin of the white shark Carcharodon (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) based on recalibration of the Upper Neogene Pisco Formation of Peru. Palaeontology, 55: 1139–1153 

 

New species: Carcharodon hubbelli

Abstract: The taxonomic origin of the white shark, Carcharodon, is a highly debated subject. New fossil evidence presented in this study suggests that the genus is derived from the broad-toothed ‘mako’, Carcharodon (Cosmopolitodus) hastalis, and includes the new species C. hubbelli sp. nov. – a taxon that demonstrates a transition between C. hastalis and Carcharodon carcharias. Specimens from the Pisco Formation clearly demonstrate an evolutionary mosaic of characters of both recent C. carcharias and fossil C. hastalis. Characters diagnostic to C. carcharias include the presence tooth serrations and a symmetrical first upper anterior tooth that is the largest in the tooth row, while those indicative of C. hastalis include a mesially slanted third anterior (intermediate) tooth. We also provide a recalibration of critical fossil horizons within the Pisco Formation, Peru using zircon U-Pb dating and strontium-ratio isotopic analysis. The recalibration of the absolute dates suggests that Carcharodon hubbelli sp. nov. is Late Miocene (6–8 Ma) in age. This research revises and elucidates lamnid shark evolution based on the calibration of the Neogene Pisco Formation.

 

 

 

BEHAN, C. & WALKEN, G. & CUNY, G. (2012): A carboniferous chondrichthyan assemblage from residues within a Triassic karst system at Cromhall quarry, Gloucestershire, England. Palaeontology, 55: 1245–1263 

 

New genus: Cromhallia

New species: Cromhallia parvunda

Abstract: Sixteen different Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian Courceyan to Chadian age, Mississippian) chondrichthyan teeth types have been extracted from Triassic erosional/aeolian fills in shallow karst systems found in the limestone quarry at Cromhall, Gloucestershire, England. These Carboniferous teeth have been found within a much larger assemblage of disarticulated bones and teeth belonging to small late Triassic terrestrial reptiles, for which Cromhall quarry is famous. The Carboniferous teeth are derived fossils, released during subaerial dissolution of the surrounding limestones. Owing to low specimen numbers and uncertainty of intraspecific character, 10 types of teeth are left in open nomenclature, although it is likely they represent new taxa. They belong to Jalodus, Ctenacanthiformes, Protacrodus, Orodus, Chomatodus, Petalodontidae, Euchondrocephali?, Helodus and Psephodus. A new genus and species, Cromhallia parvunda, of indeterminate phylogenetic relationships, is also erected. The assemblage includes also an identified suite comprising Thrinacodus ferox, Bransonella cf. nebraskensis and Stethacanthus cf. altonensis. The identification of all fish teeth found in the Cromhall assemblages as derived fossils from the Carboniferous removes any ambiguity regarding the fully terrestrial nature of the late Triassic fauna preserved in the residue-bearing karst systems.

 

 

 

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New Paper

Rezent Papers:

AFONSO, A.S. & HAZIN, F.H.V. & BARRETO, R.R. & SANTANA, F.M. & LESSA, R.P. 2012 Extraordinary growth in tiger sharks Galeocerdo cuvier from the South Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03455.x

AFONSO, A.S. & SANTIAGO, R. & HAZIN, H. & HAZIN, F.H.V.  2012 Shark bycatch and mortality and hook bite-offs in pelagic longlines: Interactions between hook types and leader materials. Fisheries Research, 131-133: 9-14  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.07.001

AGNESE, M. & ROSATI, L. & MURIANO, F. & VALIANTE, S. & LAFORGIA, V. & ANDREUCCETTI, P. & PRISCO, M. 2012 Expression of VIP and its Receptors in the Testis of the Spotted Ray Torpedo marmorata (Risso 1880). Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 48 (3): 638-646  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12031-012-9857-7

ANDRADES, R. & PINHEIRO, H.T. & SANTOS, R.G. & MARTINS, A.S. & COSTA, P.A.S. 2012 A new record of whale shark Rhincodon typus in Brazilian waters: a report of association with Caranx crysos. Journal of Fish Biology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03460.x

BARBINI, S.A. & LUCIFORA, L.O. 2012 Ontogenetic diet shifts and food partitioning between two small sympatric skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae) in the Southwestern Atlantic. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63 (10): 905-913  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF12131

BORUCINSKA, J.D. & CIELOCHA, J.J. & JENSEN, K. 2012 The parasite-host interface in the zonetail butterfly ray Gymnura zonura, infected with Hexacanalis folifer (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea). Journal of Fish Diseases, 35: in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01408.x

BORUCINSKA, J.D. & OBASA, O.A. & HAFFEY, N.M. & SCOTT, J.P. & WILLIAMS, L.N. & BAKER, S.M. & MIN, S.J. & KAPLAN, A. & MUDIMALA, R. 2012 Morphological features of coronary arteries and lesions in hearts from five species of sharks collected from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Diseases, 35 (10): 741-754  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01405.x

CARRERA, I. & ANADÓN, R. & RODRIGUEZ-MOLDES, I. 2012 Development of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive cell populations and fiber pathways in the brain of the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula: New perspectives on the evolution of the vertebrate catecholaminergic system. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 520 (16): 3574-3603  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.23114

CLARKE, S.C. & HARLEY, S.J. & HOYLE, S.D. & RICE, J.S. 2012 Population Trends in Pacific Oceanic Sharks and the Utility of Regulations on Shark Finning. Conservation Biology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01943.x

DICKEN, M.L. & SMALE, M.J. & BOOTH, A.J. 2012 Long-term catch and effort trends in Eastern Cape Angling Week competitions. African Journal of Marine Science, 34 (2): 259-268  http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2012.709961

DOMINGO, A. & PONS, M. & JIMÉNEZ, S. & MILLER, P. & BARCELÓ, C. & SWIMMER, Y. 2012 Circle Hook Performance in the Uruguayan Pelagic Longline Fishery . Bulletin of Marine Science, 88 (3): 499-511  http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2011.1069

D'ONGHIA, G. & MAIORANO, P. & CARLUCCI, R. & CAPEZZUTO, F. & CARLUCCIO, A. & TURSI, A. & SION, L. 2012 Comparing Deep-Sea Fish Fauna between Coral and Non-Coral "Megahabitats" in the Santa Maria di Leuca Cold-Water Coral Province (Mediterranean Sea). PLoS One, 7 (9): e44509  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044509

FISK, A.T. & LYDERSEN, C. & KOVACS, K.M. 2012 Archival pop-off tag tracking of Greenland sharks Somniosus microcephalus in the High Arctic waters of Svalbard, Norway. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 468: 255-265  http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09962

FOSTER, D.G. & EPPERLY, S.P. & SHAH, A.K. & WATSON, J.W. 2012 Evaluation of Hook and Bait Type on the Catch Rates in the Western North Atlantic Ocean Pelagic Longline Fishery. Bulletin of Marine Science, 88 (3): 529-545  http://dx.doi.org/10.5343/bms.2011.1081

HOLLENSEAD, L. 2012 Monitoring movement patterns of juvenile smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) using acoustic monitoring and tracking in a nursery habitat in Southwest Florida. MS thesis, The Florida State University, 119pp

HOLMES, B.J. & SUMPTON, W.D. & MAYER, D.G. & TIBBETTS, I.R. & NEIL, D.T. & BENNETT, M.B. 2012 Declining trends in annual catch rates of the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Queensland, Australia. Fisheries Research, 129-130: 38-45  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.06.005

HSIAO, S.-T. & HSU, C. –H. & LIU, D.-C. & CHEN, I.-S. 2012 The Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of the Deepwater Stingray Plesiobatis daviesi (Wallace, 1967): Unique Features in the Mitochondrial D-loop Region. Journal of Taiwan Fisheries Research, 20 (1): 1-16

JACOBY, D.M.P. & SIMS, D.W. & CROFT, D.P. 2012 The effect of familiarity on aggregation and social behaviour in juvenile small spotted catsharks Scyliorhinus canicula. Journal of Fish Biology, 81 (5): 1596-1610  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03420.x

JENNINGS, D.E. & DIBATTISTA, J.D. & STUMP, K.L. & HUSSEY, N.E. & FRANKS, B.R. & GRUBBS, R.D. & GRUBER, S.H. 2012 Assessment of the aquatic biodiversity of a threatened coastal lagoon at Bimini, Bahamas. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 16 (3): 405-428  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11852-012-0211-6

KEARN, G.C. & WHITTINGTON, I.D. & THOMAS, P. 2012 A new species of Asthenocotyle Robinson, 1961 (Monogenea: Microbothriidae), a skin parasite of the great lanternshark Etmopterus princeps Collett from the Azores, with a redescription of A. kaikourensis Robinson, 1961 and observations on A. taranakiensis Beverley-Burton, Klassen & Lester, 1987. Systematic Parasitology, 83 (2): 145-158  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-012-9378-3

MAIA, C. & ERZINI, K. & SERRA-PEREIRA, B. & FIGUEIREDO, I. 2012 Reproductive biology of cuckoo ray Leucoraja naevus. Journal of Fish Biology, 81 (4): 1285-1296  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03412.x

MANIRE, C.A. & CLARKE, A.C. & WERT, D. & LANDOLFI, J. 2012 Lymphosarcoma in a captive bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo (L.). Journal of Fish Diseases, 35: in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01435.x

MASSON, A.A. & ORMONDE DO CARMO, P.H.A. & CARVALHO, J.L.V. 2012 Rhabdomyolysis secondary to an accident with marine stingray (Dasyatis family). Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, 18 (3): 344-348  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992012000300013

MCCAULEY, D.J. & YOUNG, H.S. & DUNBAR, R.B. & ESTES, J.A. & SEMMENS, B.X. & MICHEL, F. 2012 Assessing the effects of large mobile predators on ecosystem connectivity. Ecological Applications, 22 (6): 1711-1717

MCMEANS, B.C. & ARTS, M.T. & FISK, A.T. 2012 Similarity between predator and prey fatty acid profiles is tissue dependent in Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus): Implications for diet reconstruction. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 429: 55-63  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.06.017

MIZUSAWA, K. & AMIYA, N. & YAMAGUCHI, Y. & TAKABE, S. & AMANO, M. & BREVES, J.P. & FOX, B.K. & GRAU, E.G. & HYODO, S. & TAKAHASHI, A. 2012 Identification of mRNAs coding for mammalian-type melanin-concentrating hormone and its receptors in the scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 179 (1): 78-87  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.023

MOURIER, J. 2012 Manta rays in the Marquesas Islands: first records of Manta birostris in French Polynesia and most easterly location of Manta alfredi in the Pacific Ocean, with notes on their distribution. Journal of Fish Biology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03449.x

MOURIER, J. & PLANES, S. 2012 Direct genetic evidence for reproductive philopatry and associated fine-scale migrations in female blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in French Polynesia. Molecular Ecology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.12103

MOURIER, J. & PLANES, S. & BURAY, N. 2012 Trophic interactions at the top of the coral reef food chain. Coral Reefs, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-012-0976-y

MUTER, B.A. & GORE, M.L. & GLEDHILL, K.S. & LAMONT, C. & HUVENEERS, C. 2012 Australian and U.S. News Media Portrayal of Sharks and Their Conservation Conservation Biology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01952.x

RÁBAGO-QUIROZ, C.H. & LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ, J. & VALDEZ-HOLGUÍN, J.E. & NEVÁREZ-MARTÍNEZ, M.O. & ACEVEDO-CERVANTES, A. 2012 Fish assemblages in the bycatch of bottom shrimp trawls on the west side of the Gulf of California, Mexico. Marine Biology Research, 8 (9): 865-876  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.692161

REINICK, C.L. & LIANG, L. & ANGLESON, J.K. & DORES, R.M. 2012 Identification of an MRAP-Independent Melanocortin-2 Receptor: Functional Expression of the Cartilaginous Fish, Callorhinchus milii, Melanocortin-2 Receptor in CHO Cells. Endocrinology, 153 (10): 4757-4765  http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2012-1482

SAEZ, S. & PEQUEÑO, G. & LAMILLA, J. 2012 Clave taxonómica del Superorden Squalomorphi de Chile (Pisces: Elasmobranchii). (Taxonomic keys based on the morphology of the caudal fin, for the sharks identification (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii) from the Chilean coasts.) Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, 47 (2): 245-256  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-19572010000400008

SAJEEVAN, M.K. & SANADI, R.B. 2012 Diversity, distribution and abundance of oceanic resources around Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 59 (2): 63-67

SANJUAN, A. & DE CARLOS, A. & RODRIGUEZ-CABELLO, C. & BAÑON, R. & SANCHEZ, F. & SERRANO, A. 2012 Molecular identification of the arrowhead dogfish Deania profundorum (Centrophoridae) from the northern waters of the Iberian peninsula. Marine Biology Research, 8 (9): 901-905  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.692160

SCHARER, R.M. & PATTERSON, W.F. & CARLSON, J.K. & POULAKIS, G.R. 2012 Age and Growth of Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) Verified with LA-ICP-MS Analysis of Vertebrae. PLoS ONE, 7 (10): e47850  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047850

SEGURA, A.M. & TRINCHIN, R. & RABELLINO, J. & SCARABINO, F. & TEIXEIRA-DE MELLO, F. & CARRANZA, A. 2012 Length-weight relationships of 14 coastal fish species from Punta del Diablo (Rocha, Uruguay). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 28 (5): 852-853  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.02011.x

TAVARES, R. & ORTIZ, M. & AROCHA, F. 2012 Population structure, distribution and relative abundance of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the Caribbean Sea and adjacent waters of the North Atlantic. Fisheries Research, 129-130: 137-152  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.06.018

THEISS, S.M. & COLLIN, S.P. & HART, N.S. 2012 Morphology and spatial arrangement of the mechanosensory lateral line system in wobbegong sharks. Abstract Zoomorphology, 131 (4): 339-348  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00435-012-0161-4

VELTE, F. 2012 Aquarienbeobachtungen zum Putzverhältnis zwischen dem Lippfisch Labroides dimidiatus und dem Braungebänderten Bambushai (Chiloscyllium punctatum). Abstract. In: Abstractband 9. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie e.V. (GFI), 28.-30.  September 2012 in Düsseldorf: 34-35

 

WEARMOUTH, V.J. & SOUTHALL, E.J. & MORRITT, D. & THOMPSON, R.C. & CUTHILL, I.C. & PARTRIDGE, J.C. & SIMS, D.W. 2012 Year-round sexual harassment as a behavioral mediator of vertebrate population dynamics. Ecological Monographs, 82 (3): 351-366 

 

Fossil:

 

BEHAN, C. & WALKEN, G. & CUNY, G. 2012 A carboniferous chondrichthyan assemblage from residues within a Triassic karst system at Cromhall quarry, Gloucestershire, England. Palaeontology, 55: 1245–1263  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01193.x

EHRET, D.J. & MACFADDEN, B.J. & JONES, D.S. & DEVRIES, T.J. & FOSTER, D.A. & SALAS-GISMONDI, R. 2012 Origin of the white shark Carcharodon (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) based on recalibration of the Upper Neogene Pisco Formation of Peru. Palaeontology, 55: 1139–1153  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01201.x

PAWELLEK, T. & ADNET, S. & CAPPETTA, H. & METAIS, E. & SALEM, M. & BRUNET, M. & JAEGER. J.-J. 2012 Discovery of an earliest Pliocene relic tropical fish fauna in a newly detected cliff section (Sabratah Basin, NW Libya). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen, 266: 93-114

SIVERSON, M. & WARD, D.J. & LINDGREN, J. & KELLEY, L.S. 2012 Mid-Cretaceous Cretoxyrhina (Elasmobranchii) from Mangyshlak, Kazakhstan and Texas, USA. Alcheringa, in press (18pp)  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2012.709440

TIWARI, R.P. & RALTE, V.Z. 2012 Fossil batoid and teleost fish remains from Bhuban Formation (Lower to Middle Miocene), Surma Group, Aizawl, Mizoram. Current Science, 103 (6): 716-720

 

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MISCELLANEOUS:

source: http://news.ufl.edu/2012/11/14/origin-of-great-white/

 

New ancient shark species gives insight into origin of great white

 

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source: http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/new-tagging-research-reveals-remarkable-mako-shark-round-trip-journey-in-high-resolution/

 

New Tagging Research Reveals Remarkable Mako Shark Round-Trip Journey in High Resolution

by Outdoor Hub on October 29, 2012

submitted by: Guy Harvey Research Institute

A satellite reporting tagging device know as a SPOT tag, attached to a shortfin mako shark dubbed “Carol” in New Zealand five months ago, is providing scientists with remarkable and previously unknown details of the timing and long-distance migratory movements of this species.

The Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) at Nova Southeastern University is collaborating with the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) on the tagging experiment with Carol the shortfin mako shark.

The SPOT tag is revealing that Carol is spending a lot of time at the oceans surface, reporting her location to the satellite several times daily.

“The unexpectedly frequent daily detections are providing us with a really high resolution view of the migration of this animal,” said GHRI Director Dr. Mahmood Shivji. “We”ve found that Carol has traveled over 5,700 miles in five months, averaging 60 miles per day during some parts of her migration–and this is just a juvenile shark!”

To follow Carol’s travels on a GHRI interactive website go to:

http://www.nova.edu/~johnmatt/makosharks.htm

“Conventional identification tags tell us little about the timing of mako shark movements, the route that they take or distance traveled,” said Dr.

Malcolm Francis, who is leading the NIWA effort on this study.  “The SPOT tag, revealing Carol’s detailed travels from New Zealand to Fiji and back, shows theses sharks have an amazing internal navigation system that keeps them on course over long journeys.”

Given the high fishing pressure on makos for their fins and meat, this species is showing declining population trends in parts of its range, which has resulted in the species being listed as “Vulnerable” on the IUCN Red List of threatened species.

Based on the amazing results from this initial trial, the GHRI and NIWA are expanding their mako migration study off New Zealand starting in January 2013, according to Dr. Shivji. The GHRI and Dr. Guy Harvey are also working with Captain Anthony Mendillo of Keen M International to compare the migratory patterns of mako sharks in the Atlantic by tagging them off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

Image courtesy Scott Tindale/Guy Harvey Research Institute

 

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source: http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/whale-sharks-regulate-body-temperature/2228/

 

 

 

 

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