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Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie

The “Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie e.V.” is the German ichthyological society. With currently 160 members, an annual meeting and its journal “Bulletin of Fish Biology”, the GfI is bringing together Ichthyologists and hobbyists in ichthyological science, fisheries and aquaristics. Its focus lies on scientific work with fishes and the establishment of a german-speaking forum for information, communication, and publication in ichthyology.

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We are a multidisciplinary organization that we work to generate and extend information of the elasmobranchs in Colombia and Ecuador, information that can helps to the conservation of the sharks and to implementation of the PAN-Sharks in both countries. We are carrying out studies about trophic ecology, same biological aspects, and biodiversity update of elasmobranchs in the Colombian and Ecuadorian Pacific.

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At Sharks And Rays Australia, we believe that long-term conservation goals can only be achieved if they are based on sound science, public outreach and working with local stakeholders. As such, SARA was formed with the aim to run research expeditions with the involvement of the public.
SARA is based in the city of Cairns in Far North Queensland, Australia. Cairns is often referred to as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. Well over hundred thousand people flock to the Great Barrier Reef from here every year, to experience the largest reef ecosystem in the world. But Cairns is also the last big city on the way north to the remote regions of Cape York Peninsula. The landscapes of Cape York are ancient, sparsely inhabited and highly variable due to the alternating dry and wet seasons. The river systems and coast lines of Cape York Peninsula are inhabited by various species of sharks, rays, and sawfishes. For one species of sawfish, the rivers in Northern Australia may actually be their last retreat.

In 2015, Sharks And Rays Australia started an assessment of the current distributions and abundance patterns of four species of sawfishes in Far North Queensland and the Cape York Peninsula.
Sawfishes are the most endangered rays in the world. For example, the freshwater (or largetooth) sawfish Pristis pristis, which we work with, is considered to be amongst the 100 most threatened species in the world.
Northern Australia is the last global stronghold for four species of sawfish. Within this region, the coastline and in the river system of the Cape York Peninsula are most likely to still hold the highest densities of sawfishes.
The last assessment of the distribution and abundance of the four species of sawfish occurring in Queensland’s waters ended in 2008. Since then, sawfish have been declared a no-take species in Queensland’s waters, but it is unclear if this measure is effective.
The ’Vulnerability assessment for the Great Barrier Reef, sawfish’ indicates that:

“More fishery independent data of sawfish distribution in Far North Queensland is needed, as the data collected to date can only be considered preliminary.
“There is a paucity of information on the biology and ecology of sawfish in the World Heritage Area and on what is required to maintain their habitats and populations.

“These concerns present difficulties for informed management of sawfish in the GBR.

Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF)

Swiss based non-profit organisation

In the effort to protect our oceans, the Save Our Seas Foundation funds and supports research, conservation and education projects worldwide, focusing primarily on charismatic threatened wildlife and their habitats.
Since its inception in 2003, the Save Our Seas Foundation has funded more than 200 projects in over 50 countries across the globe, and has stayed close to the pulse of current scientific and conservation projects that focus on elasmobranchs. Each project, in its own way, strives for a deeper understanding, and therefore better solutions, in the areas of marine science research, conservation and education.

D Ross Robertson

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

I work on the biogeography of neotropical shorefishes, including sharks, rays and chimaeras. I also have websites and associated mobile apps on the tropical shorefish faunas of both sides of the central American Isthmus.

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Fernando Frias Reis, Alianza por los Tiburones de Canarias, for a image of Squatina squatina (LINNAEUS, 1758), 5 m in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
Pradip Patade, India for images of Brevitrygon imbricata (BLOCH & SCHNEIDER, 1801) and Chiloscyllium griseum MÜLLER & HENLE, 1838
Enrique Bernárdez, Universidad de Atacama, Departamento de Geologia for a image of a Mustelus mento COPE, 1877
Dr. Simon Weigmann, Elasmo-Lab, Elasmobranch Research Laboratory for some images of Pseudotriakis microdon DE BRITO CAPELLO, 1868 and Sinobatis kotlyari STEHMANN & WEIGMANN, 2016
Bianca de Sousa Rangel for Atlantoraja cyclophora (REGAN, 1903) and Atlantoraja castelnaui (MIRANDA RIBEIRO, 1907)
Adriana Gonzalez Pestana and Nicolas Acuña for the first image Mustelus whitneyiCHIRICHIGNO, 1973, Myliobatis chilensis PHILIPPI, 1892 (Chilean eagle ray) and Myliobatis peruvianus GARMAN, 1913 (Peruvian eagle ray)
Colombo Estupiñán-Montaño, Ciencias en Manejo de Recursos Marinos sent us this image of Odontaspis ferox, the Smalltooth sand tiger shark!
Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama for more than 1000 images of jaws and teeth for our project "Toothmorphology", e.g. for Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (RICHARDSON, 1836), Carcharodon carcharias or Isistius brasiliensis(QUOY & GAIMARD, 1824)
Eric Sadorf, for imaages of teeth of Rhizoprionodon terraenovae (RICHARDSON, 1836)
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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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Newly described species/Taxonomic News:

EXTANT:

LAST, P.R. & WEIGMANN, S. & DUMALE, D. (2016): A new skate genus Orbiraja (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa, 4184 (1): 52–62
New genus: Orbiraja
Abstract: Molecular analyses and information gleaned from an examination of the newly available adult male of the North-West Pacific skate, Okamejei jensenae Last & Lim, supported earlier concerns that the species might be mis-assigned. Morphological data based on this specimen supported its placement in a new genus Orbiraja that is assigned to the recently named Rostrorajini based on molecular evidence. This subgroup of the family Rajidae also includes Malacoraja, Neoraja, Rostroraja and an unresolved ‘amphi-American Assemblage’ (sensuMcEachran & Dunn, 1998). Orbiraja is unique within the rajids in having the combination of three, very closely spaced median thorn rows on the tail, no dark-edged ventral pores, and a clasper skeleton with a prominent accessory terminal 3 cartilage formed by a medio-distal extension of the accessory terminal 2 cartilage. Its spiracle appears to be situated posteriorly with respect to the orbit. The group contains two other nominal species, Orbiraja powelli (Alcock) and O. philipi(Lloyd), and an un-named species from Indonesia that needs further investigation. Orbiraja jensenae is rediagnosed based on characteristics of the adult male.

STEHMANN, M.F.W. & WEIGMANN, S. (2016): A new deepwater legskate, Sinobatis kotlyari n. sp. (Rajiformes, Anacanthobatidae) from the southeastern Indian Ocean on Broken Ridge. Zootaxa, 4189 (2): 327–347
New species: Sinobatis kotlyari
Abstract: Sinobatis kotlyari n. sp. is described, based on the nearly adult 331 mm TL holotype male from 1400 m depth in the southeastern Indian Ocean at Broken Ridge. The new species is assigned to Sinobatis due to mainly characters of its clasper and cranium fontanelle distinguishing it from congeners and other anacanthobatid skates with clasper features known. It further differs from its morphologically closest congener, S. borneensis, which is only known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, e.g. in larger maturing size, longer snout and head, the absence of a snout filament and skin fold on tail, a longer caudal fin, and in colouration. The two congeners known from the eastern Indian Ocean, S. bulbicauda and S. caerulea, mature at much larger size, grow to larger maximum size and differ in numerous morphometric and meristic characters, as well as in colouration. The type locality appears to be very remote as compared with other Indian Ocean legskates, which have primarily been found on continental and insular slopes.

PARASITES:

DIPPENAAR, S.M. (2016): Schistobrachia kabata sp. nov. (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) from rajiform hosts off South Africa. Zootaxa, 4174 (1): 104-113
New species: Schistobrachia kabata
Abstract: The genus Schistobrachia Kabata, 1964 (Lernaeopodidae: Siphonostomatoida) currently accommodates five species of which two infect holocephalans and three utilize elasmobranchs. Kensley & Grindley (1973) reported three females from “Dipturus batis” (Linnaeus, 1758) collected in Table Bay, South Africa, which they assigned to S. ramosa (Krøyer, 1863), a species previously known only from the North Atlantic. Re-examination of these specimens (labelled Charopinus ramosusKrøyer, 1863 and deposited in the Iziko South African Museum) and additional Schistobrachia material newly collected from the gills of various Rajiformes off the South African west and south coasts, showed that Kensley & Grindley’s (1973) earlier record of S. ramosa was misidentified and in reality represents a distinct species, S. kabata sp. nov. Both sexes of the new species are described using light and/or scanning electron microscopy.

BOXSHALL, G.A. (2016): A new species of Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from the gills of a dasyatid ray, Himantura oxyrhyncha (Sauvage, 1878) from West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 4174 (1): 93-103
New species: Ergasilus kimi
Abstract: A new species of the cyclopoid copepod genus Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832 is described based on material collected from the gills of an elasmobranch, Himantura oxyrhyncha (Sauvage, 1878), collected in the Java Sea off the coast of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. To justify the establishment of the new species, Ergasilus kimi sp. nov., detailed comparisons are made with the 28 congeneric species that share the combination of a 3-segmented leg 1 endopod and the presence of 2 setae on the free exopodal segment of leg 5. This is the fourth report of an Ergasilusspecies infecting an elasmobranch and it is concluded that each represents an independent colonization event of elasmobranchs as hosts.

AMINJAN, A.R. & MALEK, M. (2016): Two new cestode species of Tetragonocephalum Shipley & Hornell, 1905 (Lecanicephalidea, Tetragonocephalidae) from Himantura randalli Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Moore (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatidae) from the Gulf of Oman. Zookeys (623): 1-13
New species: Tetragonocephalum sabae, Tetragonocephalum salarii
Abstract: The original description of the genus Tetragonocephalum was published more than one hundred years ago but its taxonomic status was clarified only recently. To date, approximately 30 nominal species of this genus have been described, mostly from the northern Indian Ocean, but nearly half of them are invalid and only 14 species are recognized as valid. In the present study two new species of Tetragonocephalum are described from the spiral intestine of Himantura randalli from off Jod, on the northern coast of the Gulf of Oman. Tetragonocephalum sabae sp. n. is distinguishable from the valid species of Tetragonocephalum based on number of proglottids (43-53), number of testes (42-50), and size of scolex (401-453×328-455), acetabula (87-109×72-116), mature proglottids (802-1,333×226-336), cirrus sac (92-160×103-154), and eggs (16-19×11-13). Tetragonocephalum salarii sp. n. can be distinguished from T. sabae sp. n. and all other valid species of Tetragonocephalum based on number of proglottids (77-86). Furthermore, it differs from its congeners based on a combination of some characteristics, including the number of mature (3-7) and gravid (18-20) proglottids, the number of testes (30-38), and the size of acetabula (84-111×80-96), mature proglottids (497-833×334-403), gravid proglottids (1,036-1,482×440-575), testes (20-34×31-50), ovary (123-215×210-278), and eggs (24-45×13-21).

YANG, C.P. & SUN, Y. & ZHI, T.T. & IWAKI, T. & REYDA, F.B. & YANG, T.B. (2016): Two new and one redescribed species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea: Onchobothriidae) from Dasyatis akajei (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in the China Sea. Zootaxa, 4169 (2): 286-300
New species: Acanthobothrium ningdense, Acanthobothrium guanghaiense
Abstract: Acanthobothrium ningdense n. sp. and Acanthobothrium guanghaiense n. sp. are described from the spiral intestine of the whip stingray, Dasyatis akajei (Muller & Henle). Acanthobothrium ningdense n. sp. is reported based on 38 cestode specimens collected at five locations along the Chinese coast, i.e. Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, Ningde and Xiamen, Fujian Province, Taishan, Guangdong Province and Sanya, Hainan Province between 2012 and 2015. Acanthobothrium ningdense n. sp. belongs to the "species category 4" characterised by Ghoshroy & Caira. Among category 4 Acanthobothrium species, A. ningdense n. sp. most closely resembles A. micracantha Yamaguti, 1952 and A. latum Yamaguti, 1952, both from the same host species. Acanthobothrium ningdense n. sp. differs from A. micracantha by lacking a long robust hook handle that connects the bases of medial and lateral hooks, and from A. latum by having much longer axial prongs than abaxial prongs. Acanthobothrium guanghaiense n. sp., only found in Taishan, Guangdong Province in 2014, is a category 2 Acanthobothrium species. Among category 2, A. guanghaiense n. sp. most closely resembles A. semnovesiculum Verma, 1928, but can be differentiated from it by the arrangement of testes (in two staggered columns rather than in two tandem columns), and the shape of abaxial prong (nearly straight instead of with a conspicuous curve in the proximal portion). Acanthobothrium macrocephalum Wang & Yang, 2001 is redescribed based on new specimens collected from D. akajei in Guanghai and Sanya. With this study, the total number of Acanthobothrium species reported from D. akajei is brought to nine. It is possible that some of the species of Acanthobothrium previously reported from D. akajei not encountered in this study may have geographically restricted distributions, as was observed here for A. guanghaiense n. sp.

IRIGOITIA, M.M. & CANTATORE, D.M.P. & INCORVAIA, I.S. & TIMI, J.T. (2016): Parasitic copepods infesting the olfactory sacs of skates from the southwestern Atlantic with the description of a new species of Kroeyerina Wilson, 1932. Zootaxa, 4174 (1): 137-152
New species: Kroeyerina sudamericana
Abstract: The olfactory sacs of 488 specimens belonging to 18 species of rajid and arhynchobatid skates from the Argentine Sea were sampled for parasites. No parasitic copepods were found in 11 host species, but siphonostomatoid specimens refer-able to Kroeyerina Wilson, 1932 (Kroyeriidae) and Brianella corniger Wilson, 1915 (Lernaeopodidae) were found on the spotback skate Atlantoraja castelnaui (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907), the smallnose fanskate Sympterygia bonapartii Müller & Henle, 1841, the bignose fanskate Sympterygia acuta Garman, 1877 and the zipper sand skate Psammobatis extenta (Garman, 1913) (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae). Additionally, specimens of B. corniger were found in the olfactory sacs of the Rio skate Rioraja agassizii (Müller & Henle, 1841) and attached to the pectoral fins of the Magellan skate Bathyraja magellanica (Philippi, 1902) and the smallthorn sand skate Psammobatis rudis Günther, 1870. A new species, Kroeyerina sudamericana sp. nov., is described and illustrated. The new species most closely resembles Kroeyerina nasuta Wilson, 1932, but can be distinguished from it by the different armature of the antennule, a proportionally shorter genital complex and the chela of the antenna which, when closed, leaves a gap between the corpus and claw, the latter having no spines. The new species represents the first record of Kroeyerina in South American marine waters. The present study also ex-tends the distribution range of B. corniger, previously known only from the Pacific, to include Atlantic waters, and records seven new host species, all of which are members of the Arhynchobatidae.

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Extant Chondrichthyes:

ADKINS, M.E. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. & TOBIN, A.J. (2016): Large tropical fishes and their use of the nearshore littoral, intertidal and subtidal habitat mosaic. Marine and Freshwater Research, 67 (10): 1534-1545 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf14339
ALEJO-PLATA, M.D. & AHUMADA-SEMPOAL, M.A. & GOMEZ-MARQUEZ, J.L. & GONZALEZ-ACOSTA, A. (2016): Population structure and reproductive characteristics of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis (Muller & Henle, 1839) (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) off the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 44 (3): 513-524http://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol44-issue3-fulltext-10
ALLEN, G.R. & ERDMANN, M.V. & WHITE, W.T. & FAHMI & DUDGEON, C.L. (2016): Review of the bamboo shark genus Hemiscyllium (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscyllidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 23: 51–97
AMINJAN, A.R. & MALEK, M. (2016): Two new cestode species of Tetragonocephalum Shipley & Hornell, 1905 (Lecanicephalidea, Tetragonocephalidae) from Himantura randalli Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Moore (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatidae) from the Gulf of Oman. Zookeys (623): 1-13http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.623.9724
ATKINSON, C.J. & MARTIN, K.J. & FRASER, G.J. & COLLIN, S.P. (2016): Morphology and distribution of taste papillae and oral denticles in the developing oropharyngeal cavity of the bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum. Biology Open, bio.022327http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.022327
BAEZ, J.C. (2016): Assessing the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on a migratory demersal predator in the Alboran Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 96 (7): 1499-1505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315415001782
BAEZ, J.C. & CRESPO, G.O. & GARCIA-BARCELONA, S. & DEURBINA, J.M.O. & MACIAS, D. (2016): Understanding pelagic stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea) by-catch by Spanish longliners in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 96 (7): 1387-1394 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315415001253
BAÑÓN, R. & ARRONTE, J.C. & RODRIGUEZ-CABELLO, C. & PIÑEIRO, C.-G. & PUNZON, A. & SERRANO, A. (2016): Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain). Zootaxa, 4067 (3): 293-333 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2
BARBOSA, M.L.V. & TAVARES, D.C. & SICILIANO, S. & DEMOURA, J.F. & COSTA-NETO, E.M. & MOTTA, F.D. & KOIKE, C.D. (2016): Interactions between whale sharks, Rhincodon typus Smith, 1928 (Orectolobiformes, Rhincodontidae), and Brazilian fisheries: The need for effective conservation measures. Marine Policy, 73: 210-215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.08.007
BASS, N. & MOURIER, J. & DAY, J. & KNOTT, N. & BROWN, C. & GUTTRIDGE, T. (2016): Long-term migration patterns and bisexual philopatry in a benthic shark species. Marine and Freshwater Research, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF16122
BOXSHALL, G.A. (2016): A new species of Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from the gills of a dasyatid ray, Himantura oxyrhyncha (Sauvage, 1878) from West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 4174 (1): 93-103 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.6
BRACCINI, M. & TAYLOR, S. (2016): The spatial segregation patterns of sharks from Western Australia. Royal Society Open Science, 3 (8): 160306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160306
BRANCO-NUNES, I.S.L. & ALBUQUERQUE, F.V. & NUNES, D.M. & OLIVEIRA, P.G.V. & HAZIN, F.H.V. (2016): First record of predation between Dasyatis species. Journal of Fish Biology, 89 (4): 2178-2181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13091
CARTER, N.H. & LINNELL, J.D. (2016): Mainstreaming Coexistence with Wildlife: Reply to Gallagher. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31 (11): 818-819http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.08.007
COMPAGNO, L.J.V. (2016): Sharks. In: Carpenter, K.E.; De Angelis, N. (editor), The living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic: Bivalves, gastropods, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes: 1123-1336
CROLL, D.A. & DEWAR, H. & DULVY, N.K. & FERNANDO, D. & FRANCIS, M.P. & GALVAN-MAGANA, F. & HALL, M. & HEINRICHS, S. & MARSHALL, A. & MCCAULEY, D. & NEWTON, K.M. & NOTARBARTOLO-DI-SCIARA, G. & O'MALLEY, M. & O'SULLIVAN, J. & POORTVLIET, M. & ROMAN, M. & STEVENS, G. & TERSHY, B.R. & WHITE, W.T. (2016): Vulnerabilities and fisheries impacts: the uncertain future of manta and devil rays. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 26 (3): 562-575http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2591
CROW, G.I. & SUZUMOTO, A. & KELLEY, C.D. & NAKAYA, K. & KAWAUCHI, J. & WAR, J.(2016): Discovery of the Apristurus “brunneus Group” of Catsharks (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) in Hawaiian Waters with Comments on Catshark Ecology in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 118: 39–45
DE WYSIECKI, A.M. & JAUREGUIZAR, A.J. & CORTÉS, F. (2016): The importance of environmental drivers on the narrownose smoothhound shark (Mustelus schmitti) yield in a small-scale gillnet fishery along the southern boundary of the Río de la Plata estuarine area. Fisheries Research, 186 (1): 345–355 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2016.10.011
DIDIER, D.A. (2016): Chimaeras. In: Carpenter, K.E.; De Angelis, N. (editor), The living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic: Bivalves, gastropods, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes: 1441-1456
DIPPENAAR, S.M. (2016): Schistobrachia kabata sp. nov. (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) from rajiform hosts off South Africa. Zootaxa, 4174 (1): 104-113http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.7
DUNBAR, M. & ONUORA, C. & MORGAN, S. & STONE, F.E. & HUCKABA, T.M. & DAVENPORT, I.R. (2016): Follicle cell processes: a shark thing? Journal of Fish Biology, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13196
EBERT, D.A. (2016): Deep–sea cartilaginous fishes of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 10, 254 pp.
EBERT, D.A. & MOSTARDA, E. (2016): Identification Guide to the Deep-sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. FAO, FishFinder Programme: 58 p.
ELISIO, M. & COLONELLO, J.H. & CORTÉS, F. & JAUREGUIZAR, A.J. & SOMOZA, G.M. & MACCHI, G.J. (2016): Aggregations and reproductive events of the narrownose smooth-hound shark (Mustelus schmitti) in relation to temperature and depth in coastal waters of the south-western Atlantic Ocean (38–42°S). Marine and Freshwater Research, in presshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF15253
ELIZABETH, R.P.N. & DE GUEVARA, G.C.L. & LOPEZ-HERRERA, D.L. & ALTAMIRANO-RAMIREZ, I.R. (2016): Trophic interactions between five pelagic fish species cohabiting in the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. Hidrobiologica, 26 (1): 77-85
EMAMI-KHOYI, A. & HARTLEY, D.A. & PATERSON, A.M. & BOREN, L.J. & CRUICKSHANK, R.H. & ROSS, J.G. & MURPHY, E.C. & ELSE, T.A. (2016): Erratum to: Identifying prey items from New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) faeces using massive parallel sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources, 8 (3): 353-357
ESTUPIÑÁN-MONTAÑO, C. & GALVÁN-MAGAÑA, F. & HACOHEN-DOMENÉ, A. & ESTUPIÑÁN-ORTÍZ, J.F. (2016): First reports of smalltooth sand tiger sharks, Odontaspis ferox (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Odontaspididae), off the continental Ecuador. Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, 46 (3): 251–253 http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/AIP2016.46.3.09
FALLOWS, C. & FALLOWS, M. & HAMMERSCHLAG, N. (2016): Effects of lunar phase on predator-prey interactions between white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 99 (11): 805-812http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-016-0515-8
FINDLAY, R. & GENNARI, E. & CANTOR, M. & TITTENSOR, D.P. (2016): How solitary are white sharks: social interactions or just spatial proximity? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70 (10): 1735-1744 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2179-y
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Extinct Chondrichthyes:

BENNETT, C.E. & KEARSEY, T.I. & DAVIES, S.J. & MILLWARD, D. & CLACK, J.A. & SMITHSON, T.R. & MARSHALL, J.E.A. (2016) Early Mississippian sandy siltstones preserve rare vertebrate fossils in seasonal flooding episodes. Sedimentology, 63 (6): 1677-1700http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.12280
BLANCO, A. & SZABÓ, M. & BLANCO-LAPAZ, A. & MARMI, J. (2016) Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes from northeastern Iberia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.039
ITANO, W.M. (2016) Addendum to: A tale of two holotypes: Rediscovery of the type specimen of Edestus minor. The Geological Curator, 10 (5): 233 - 234
MONTGOMERY, H. & CLARK, S. (2016) Paleoecology of the Gaddis site in the Upper Cretaceous Aguja Formation, Terlingua, Texas. Palaios, 31 (7): 347-357http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/palo.2015.099

Parasites:

BENNETT, C.E. & KEARSEY, T.I. & DAVIES, S.J. & MILLWARD, D. & CLACK, J.A. & SMITHSON, T.R. & MARSHALL, J.E.A. (2016) Early Mississippian sandy siltstones preserve rare vertebrate fossils in seasonal flooding episodes. Sedimentology, 63 (6): 1677-1700http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sed.12280
BLANCO, A. & SZABÓ, M. & BLANCO-LAPAZ, A. & MARMI, J. (2016) Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes from northeastern Iberia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.039
ITANO, W.M. (2016) Addendum to: A tale of two holotypes: Rediscovery of the type specimen of Edestus minor. The Geological Curator, 10 (5): 233 - 234
MONTGOMERY, H. & CLARK, S. (2016) Paleoecology of the Gaddis site in the Upper Cretaceous Aguja Formation, Terlingua, Texas. Palaios, 31 (7): 347-357http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/palo.2015.099

MISCELLANEOUS:

Dr Shark's SHARK SONGS

Dr Shark’s SHARK SONGS” is a music channel for introduction of sharks and their biology. Lyrics are written by Dr Shark (Kazuhiro NAKAYA, Prof. Emeritus of Hokkaido University, Japan), who specializes in the shark research for decades, and Music/Vocal are by NENECCI, who majored music in City College of New York. Dr Shark/NENECCI is actually a father/daughter in relation.
Ten shark songs have been uploaded already on the you-tube channel since February 2016, at a rate of one song per month, and new shark songs will follow.
All the songs are available at the following url.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYXj8THXe5cG5FR5incWiKg/videos

How sharks recycle toxic ammonia to keep their skin moist

Date:: October 28, 2016
Source:: University of Faculty of Science British Columbia
Summary:: The Pacific spiny dogfish shark is a master at recycling the ocean’s toxic ammonia and converting it into useful urea, according to new research.

Sharks help prevent climate change

Date:: November 7, 2016
Source:: Bournemouth University
Summary:: Over fishing and shark finning may result on more greenhouse gasses and increased climate change, researchers suggest. Their new paper demonstrates the importance of protecting our oceans, and the importance of sharks in marine ecosystems.

eDNA data on Greenland fish species corresponds closely to trawl catches
Date:: November 16, 2016
Source:: PLOS
Summary:: Environmental DNA in seawater samples may provide accurate information about deepwater fish populations, according to a study.