NEWSLETTER 02 and 03/2018 10.03.2018
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Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. 2018, Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali), www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 2018 |
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| NEWS/ OWN RESEARCH
images by Jürgen Pollerspöck, Oxynotus sp., Miocene, Tortonian, Germany and Oxynotus centrina, In: Hippolito Salviani, Aquatilium animalium historiae, 1558.
Attached is a short note about the oldest fossil record of the genus Oxynotus (Rough sharks) from Europe (in German).
POLLERSPÖCK, J. & GILLE, D. (2018): Erster Fossilnachweis eines Meersau-Hais aus Deutschland. Fossilien, 35 (2): 16-21
free download via reseach gate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323560802_Erster_Fossilnachweis_eines_Meersau-Hais_aus_Deutschland_Fossilien_35_2_16-21?_sg=uhTWWj8_TkaCZeFT2eJTxLxaHT9FtcXe30DWUjYpOKIPMCD6SCCRQ73askN6T4Ob1qn0Xs3fafZNecWo6KWIKaSKW-uGggR0FyakcyPo.gDuL5cClPQjoh9-0An4-VuONOOLPVdbjlZkMcT0CY959nnBbUTAhKFeInQukVtm1rpXpW0UIabxj-ehCy2mF3w
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New Images
Many thanks to the following people for providing images:
Ivy Baremore for the images of Hexanchus vitulus SPRINGER & WALLER, 1969
Frederik H. Mollen (Elasmobranch Research Belgium) for the images of Rhinoptera marginata (GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, 1817) male, 33,7 cm DW, 46,8 cm TL, Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey (for more images please visit our webpage)
Diego F. B. Vaz for the images of Squatina varii VAZ & DE CARVALHO, 2018, paratype, adult female, MNRJ 43105
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Missing papers:
Many thanks to all friends of shark-references, who sent us some missing papers last month!
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 info-symbol) to juergen.pollerspoeck@shark-references.com or nicolas.straube@shark-references.com
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Upcoming Meetings:
ESEB is delighted to welcome you to the Second Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology. Joint Congresses take place every six years and bring together four of the world's largest academic societies in the field of evolutionary biology: the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, the American Society of Naturalists, the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society of Systematic Biologists. The first joint congress was in Ottawa, Canada in 2012. The current (i.e. second) will be held in Montpellier, France, on August 19-22 2018.
OCS 2018 MEETING
The website and registration details for the OCS 2018 meeting next February are now online at http://www.oceaniasharks.org.au/conference-2018
The 2018 conference is going to be a little different. It’s going to be at Moreton Bay Research Station which is where in the early 2000’s a group of students started their own chondrichthyan focused workshops and seminars to provide a supportive and inclusive forum for presenting shark and ray research. Those events were part of what became the OCS in 2005. In 2018, we’re returning to where some of those early meetings were held, and incidentally, to a beautiful location on the coast with opportunities to dive with manta rays and leopard sharks following the conference. Research station based meetings have a different feel to the normal city or campus based meetings, and Stradbroke Island really is a beautiful location.
Registration and abstract submission are via the online form. Upon registering you should receive a PayPal receipt email as well as an acknowledgement from the conference website. If you encounter any problems with online registration or abstract submission, please contact Jon Smart (Jonathan.Smart@sa.gov.au).
The deadline for abstracts is January 22.
SHARKS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
SHARKS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
João Pessoa, 3-8 June, 2018
The Sharks International Conference is the first truly international event devoted to elasmobranchs, and its first two editions were held respectively in Cairns, Australia in 2010 and Durban, South Africa in 2014. The city of João Pessoa was chosen as the venue for this important event, which will also congregate members of the Brazilian Society for the Study of Elasmobranchs (SBEEL) and the American Elasmobranch Society (AES) in 2018.
João Pessoa, founded in August 5, 1585, is the capital of Paraíba state, northeastern Brazil. It is located in the easternmost portion of the Americas, where a cape named Ponta do Seixas enters the Atlantic Ocean. Its coastline extends for 24 kilometers, with nine beaches. The downtown area and neighbouring municipalities present many historical and tourist sites.
More information and an internet site of the event will soon be available. We hope to have many participants from all over the world.
The website and registration details for the OCS 2018 meeting next February are now online at http://www.oceaniasharks.org.au/conference-2018
The 2018 conference is going to be a little different. It’s going to be at Moreton Bay Research Station which is where in the early 2000’s a group of students started their own chondrichthyan focused workshops and seminars to provide a supportive and inclusive forum for presenting shark and ray research. Those events were part of what became the OCS in 2005. In 2018, we’re returning to where some of those early meetings were held, and incidentally, to a beautiful location on the coast with opportunities to dive with manta rays and leopard sharks following the conference. Research station based meetings have a different feel to the normal city or campus based meetings, and Stradbroke Island really is a beautiful location.
Registration and abstract submission are via the online form. Upon registering you should receive a PayPal receipt email as well as an acknowledgement from the conference website. If you encounter any problems with online registration or abstract submission, please contact Jon Smart (Jonathan.Smart@sa.gov.au).
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TAXONOMIC NEWS/ NEW SPECIES
Extant Chondrichthyes:
DALY-ENGEL, T.S. & BAREMORE, I.E. & GRUBBS, R.D. & GULAK, S.J.B. & GRAHAM, R.T. & ENZENAUER, M.P. (2018): Resurrection of the sixgill shark Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969 (Hexanchiformes, Hexanchidae), with comments on its distribution in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, in press
New species: Hexanchus vitulus (Resurrection)
Abstract: The sixgill sharks of the genus Hexanchus (Hexanchiformes, Hexanchidae) are large, rarely encountered deep-sea sharks, thought to comprise just two species: the bluntnose sixgill Hexanchus griseus (Bonaterre, 1788) and the bigeye sixgill Hexanchus nakamurai (Teng, 1962). Their distribution is putatively worldwide in tropical and temperate waters, but many verified records for these species are lacking, and misidentification is common. Taxonomic uncertainty has long surrounded H. nakamurai in particular, with debate as to whether individuals from the Atlantic constitute a separate species. Using 1,310 base pairs of two mitochondrial genes, COI and ND2, we confirm that bigeye sixgill sharks from the Atlantic Ocean (Belize, Gulf of Mexico, and Bahamas) diverge from those in the Pacific and Indian Oceans (Japan, La Reunion, and Madagascar) with 7.037% sequence divergence. This difference is similar to the genetic distance between both Atlantic and Indo-Pacific bigeye sixgill sharks and the bluntnose sixgill shark (7.965% and 8.200%, respectively), and between the entire genus Hexanchus and its sister genus Heptranchias (8.308%). Such variation far exceeds previous measures of species-level genetic divergence in elasmobranchs, even among slowly-evolving deep-water taxa. Given the high degree of morphological similarity within Hexanchus, and the fact that cryptic diversity is common even among frequently observed shark species, we conclude that these results support the resurrection of the name Hexanchus vitulus Springer and Waller, 1969 for bigeye sixgill sharks in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. We propose the common name “Atlantic sixgill shark” for H. vitulus, and provide new locality records from Belize, as well as comments on its overall distribution.
VAZ, D.F.B. & DE CARVALHO, M.R. (2018): New Species of Squatina (Squatiniformes: Squatinidae) from Brazil, with Comments on the Taxonomy of Angel Sharks from the Central and Northwestern Atlantic. Copeia, 106 (1): 144–160
New species: Squatina varii
Abstract: Morphological analysis of South- and Northwestern Atlantic specimens of Squatina revealed an undescribed species of angel shark occurring on the continental slope of Brazil between latitudes 11° and 22°S. The new species of Squatina is distinguished from western Atlantic congeners by a unique combination of dorsal color pattern, vertebral counts, morphology of lateral dermal folds, dermal denticles, female reproductive tract, clasper, and pectoral fin characters. A preliminary assessment of the taxonomy of angel shark species from the Central and Northwestern Atlantic is also provided.
Extinct Chondrichthyes:
ADNET, S. & MOUANA, M. & CHARRUAULT, A.-L. & ESSID, E.M. & AMMAR, H.K. & MARZOUGUI, W. & MERZERAUD, G. & TABUCE, R. & VIANEY-LIAUD, M. & MARIVAUX, L. (2018): Teeth, fossil record and evolutionary history of the cowtail stingray Pastinachus Rüppell, 1829. Historical Biology, in press
New species: Pastinachus kebarensis
Abstract: Hypolophin ‘dasyatids’ are a common group of large stingrays today frequenting the Indo-Pacific inshores. Being often harvested in their restricted area, few are known about their biology and their evolutionary history despite a very peculiar dental pattern making it easy to track their fossil record. An abundant material consisting of isolated teeth from Late Bartonian (38–40 Ma) lagoonal deposits of Djebel el Kébar, Tunisia, allows to describe a new stingray, Pastinachus kebarensis nov. sp. This taxon represents the oldest occurrence for this genus but also the oldest fossil record for hypolophins. A dental comparison of these fossils with 3D rendered models of fresh specimens testifies that early hypolophin representatives had already a strongly arcuate and bulbous upper jaw, interlocking with a broad and elongated tooth plate on the lower jaw. This new fossil and its fossil relatives (here updated), indicate a pre-Bartonian origination for hypolophins in western Neotethys, and reveal a rapid and widespread colonization of the proto-Mediterranean Sea, western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific coasts during the late Paleogene–early Neogene. Finally, it is worth noting that early hypolophin representatives seemingly entered freshwater habitats occasionally as modern cowtail stingrays do.
IVANOV, A.O. & PLAX, D.P. (2018): Chondrichthyans from the Devonian–Early Carboniferous of Belarus. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 67 (1): 43–58
New species: Tamiobatis elgae
Abstract: Diverse remains of chondrichthyans were found in several stratigraphic levels in 18 cores of the Devonian and Lower Carboniferous of Belarus. Most of the taxa were first reported in that territory. A new species of ctenacanthiform shark, Tamiobatis elgae, is described. The internal structure of teeth of this species is reconstructed for the first time using microtomography. The distribution of chondrichthyan taxa is analysed.
Parasites:
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Latest Research Articles
Extant Chondrichthyes:
ABESAMIS, R.A. & LANGLOIS, T. & BIRT, M. & THILLAINATH, E. & BUCOL, A.A. & ARCEO, H.O. & RUSS, G.R. (2018) Benthic habitat and fish assemblage structure from shallow to mesophotic depths in a storm-impacted marine protected area. Coral Reefs, 37 (1): 81-97 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1635-0
ABUDAYA, M. & ULMAN, A. & SALAH, J. & FERNANDO, D. & WOR, C. & NOTARBARTOLO DI SCIARA, G. (2018) Speak of the devil ray (Mobula mobular) fishery in Gaza. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28 (1): 229–239 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-017-9491-0
ACHOURI, N. & SMICHI, N. & KHARRAT, N. & RMILI, F. & GARGOURI, Y. & MILED, N. & FENDRI, A. (2018) Characterization of liver oils from three species of sharks collected in Tunisian coasts: In vitro digestibility by pancreatic lipase. Journal of Food Biochemistry, 42 (1): e12453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfbc.12453
ADNET, S. & MOUANA, M. & CHARRUAULT, A.-L. & ESSID, E.M. & AMMAR, H.K. & MARZOUGUI, W. & MERZERAUD, G. & TABUCE, R. & VIANEY-LIAUD, M. & MARIVAUX, L. (2018) Teeth, fossil record and evolutionary history of the cowtail stingray Pastinachus Rüppell, 1829. Historical Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2018.1431779
AKYOL, O. & AYDIN, I. (2018) Abnormal Raja clavata (Rajidae) in the Aegean Sea: a Ghost Fishing Effect. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 18 (2): 357-358 http://dx.doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v18_2_15
BARRÍA, C. & COLMENERO, A.I. & DEL ROSARIO, A. & DEL ROSARIO, F. (2018) Occurrence of the vulnerable smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox, in the Canary Islands, first evidence of philopatry. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.13644
BAŞUSTA, N. & ASLAN, E. (2018) Age and growth of bull ray Aetomylaeus bovinus (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatidae) from the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 59 (1): 107-114 http://dx.doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.5F77152E
BECERRIL-GARCIA, E.E. & COTA-LUCERO, T.C. & GALVAN-MAGANA, F. (2018) Northernmost Record of Triaenodon obesus (Ruppell, 1837) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 18 (6): 833-835 http://dx.doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v18_6_10
BONANOMI, S. & PULCINELLA, J. & FORTUNA, C.M. & MORO, F. & SALA, A. (2018) Elasmobranch bycatch in the Italian Adriatic pelagic trawl fishery. PLoS ONE, 13 (1): e0191647 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191647
BORNATOWSKI, H. & ANGELINI, R. & COLL, M. & BARRETO, R.R.RP. & AMORIM, A.F. (2018) Ecological role and historical trends of large pelagic predators in a subtropical marine ecosystem of the South Atlantic. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28 (1): 241–259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-017-9492-z
BORNATOWSKI, H. & LOOSE, R. & SAMPAIO, C.L.S. & GADIG, O.B.F. & CARVALHO, A. & DOMINGUES, R.R. (2018) Human introduction or natural dispersion? Atlantic Ocean occurrence of the Indo-Pacific whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus. Journal of Fish Biology, 92 (2): 537-542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13528
BRUNNSCHWEILER, J.M. & PAYNE, N.L. & BARNETT, A. (2018) Hand feeding can periodically fuel a major portion of bull shark energy requirements at a provisioning site in Fiji. Animal Conservation, 21 (1): 31-35 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12370
BURGESS, K.B. & GUERRERO, M. & MARSHALL, A.D. & RICHARDSON, A.J. & BENNETT, M.B. & COUTURIER, L.I.E. (2018) Novel signature fatty acid profile of the giant manta ray suggests reliance on an uncharacterised mesopelagic food source low in polyunsaturated fatty acids. PLoS ONE, 13 (1): e0186464 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186464
BURGESS, K.B. & GUERRERO, M. & RICHARDSON, A.J. & BENNETT, M.B. & MARSHALL, A.D. (2018) Use of epidermal mucus in elasmobranch stable isotope studies: a pilot study using the giant manta ray (Manta birostris). Marine and Freshwater Research, 69 (2): 336-342 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf16355
CERUTTI-PEREYRA, F. & BASSOS-HULL, K. & ARVIZU-TORRES, X. & WILKINSON, K.A. & GARCIA-CARRILLO, I. & PEREZ-JIMENEZ, J. & HUETER, R.E. (2018) Observations of spotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari) in the Mexican Caribbean using photo-ID. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101 (2): 237-244 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-017-0694-y
CHAKRABORTY, K. & JOSEPH, D. (2018) Effects of antioxidative substances from seaweed on quality of refined liver oil of leafscale gulper shark, Centrophorus squamosus during an accelerated stability study. Food Research International, 103: 450-461 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2017.10.018
CROWE, L.M. & O'BRIEN, O. & CURTIS, T.H. & LEITER, S.M. & KENNEY, R.D. & DULEY, P. & KRAUS, S.D. (2018) Characterization of large basking shark Cetorhinus maximus aggregations in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13592
DALY-ENGEL, T.S. & BAREMORE, I.E. & GRUBBS, R.D. & GULAK, S.J.B. & GRAHAM, R.T. & ENZENAUER, M.P. (2018) Resurrection of the sixgill shark Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969 (Hexanchiformes, Hexanchidae), with comments on its distribution in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0849-x
DE LIRA, M.G. & DE NOBREGA, M.F. & OIVEIRA, J.E.L. (2017) Industrial pelagic longline fishery from Rio Grande Do Norte State, NE Brazil. Boletim Do Instituto De Pesca, 43 (3): 446-458 http://dx.doi.org/10.20950/1678-2305.2017v43n3p446
DE WYSIECKI, A.M. & MILESSI, A.C. & WIFF, R. & JAUREGUIZAR, A.J. (2018) Highest catch of the vulnerable broadnose sevengill shark Notorynchus cepedianus in the south-west Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology, 92 (2): 543–548 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13532
DEVINE, B.M. & WHEELAND, L.J. & FISHER, J.A.D. (2018) First estimates of Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) local abundances in
Arctic waters. Scientific Reports, 8: 974 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-19115-x
DYLDIN, Y.V. & ORLOV, A.M. (2018) AnAn Annotated List of Cartilaginous Fishes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) of the Coastal Waters of Sakhalin Island and the Adjacent Southern Part of the Sea of Okhotsk. Journal of Ichthyology, 2: 1-54
EBERT, D.A. & AKHILESH, K.V. & GRANDCOURT, E. & KHAN, M. (2017) Planonasus parini The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103055306A109922484
EBERT, D.A. & AKHILESH, K.V. & KHAN, M. & ALI, M. (2017) Apristurus breviventralis The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103055459A109922488
EBERT, D.A. & KHAN, M. & ALI, M. & AKHILESH, K.V. (2017) Okamejei ornata The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T107604828A109922504
FEITOSA, L.M. & BARBOSA MARTINS, A.P. & GIARRIZZO, T. & MACEDO, W. & MONTEIRO, I.L. & GEMAQUE, R. & SILVA NUNES, J.L. & GOMES, F. & SCHNEIDER, H. & SAMPAIO, I. & SOUZA, R. & SALES, J.B. & RODRIGUES-FILHO, L.F. & TCHAICKA, L. & CARVALHO-COSTA, L.F. (2018) DNA-based identifcation reveals illegal trade of threatened shark species in a global elasmobranch conservation hotspot. Scientific Reports, 8: 3347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21683-5
FINGER, J.S. & GUTTRIDGE, T.L. & WILSON, A.D.M. & GRUBER, S.H. & KRAUSE, J. (2018) Are some sharks more social than others? Short- and long-term consistencies in the social behavior of juvenile lemon sharks. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72 (1): 17 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-017-2431-0
FINUCCI, B. & GALLUS, L. & AMAROLI, A. & CANDIANI, S. & ROTTIGNI, M. & MASINI, M.A. & FERRANDO, S. (2018) Vacchi's palatal organ: a widespread trait in Holocephali. Journal of Fish Biology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13553
FINUCCI, B. & WHITE, W.T. & KEMPER, J.M. & NAYLOR, G.J.P. (2018) Redescription of Chimaera ogilbyi (Chimaeriformes; Chimaeridae) from the Indo-Australian region. Zootaxa, 4375 (2): 191-210 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4375.2.2
FONTES, J. & BAEYAERT, J. & PRIETO, R. & GRACA, G. & BUYLE, F. & AFONSO, P. (2018) New non-invasive methods for short-term electronic tagging of pelagic sharks and rays. Marine Biology, 165: 34 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3289-z
GAUTHIER, A.R.G. & WHITEHEAD, D.L. & TIBBETTS, I.R. & CRIBB, B.W. & BENNETT, M.B. (2018) Morphological comparison of the ampullae of Lorenzini of three sympatric benthic rays. Journal of Fish Biology, 92 (2): 504-514 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13531
GIOVOS, I. & CAKALLI, M. (2017) 5.1 First record of the Bigeye Thresher Alopias superciliosus in Albanian waters. Mediterranean Marine Science, 18 (3): 534-556 http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.15823
GLADSTON, Y. & AKHILESH, K.V. & THAKURDAS, C. & RAVI, O.P.K. & AJINA, S.M. & SHENOY, L. (2018) Length–weight relationship of selected elasmobranch species from north-eastern Arabian Sea, India. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.13680
GUY, D.S. & RUCK, C.L. & LOPEZ, J.V. & SHIVJI, M.S. (2017) Complete mitogenome sequences of smooth hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna zygaena, from the eastern and western Atlantic. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 2 (2): 806-807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2017.1390421
HEWITT, A.M. & KOCK, A.A. & BOOTH, A.J. & GRIFFITHS, C.L. (2018) Trends in sightings and population structure of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, at Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa, and the emigration of subadult female sharks approaching maturity. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101 (1): 39-54 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-017-0679-x
HOLMES, B.J. & POPE, L.C. & WILLIAMS, S.M. & TIBBETTS, I.R. & BENNETT, M.B. & OVENDEN, J.R. (2018) Lack of multiple paternity in the oceanodromous tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Royal Society Open Science, 5 (1): 171385 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171385
JERVE, A. & BREMER, O. & SANCHEZ, S. & AHLBERG, P.E. (2017) Morphology and histology of acanthodian fin spines from the late Silurian Ramsasa E locality, Skane, Sweden. Palaeontologia Electronica, 20 (3): 56a http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/749
JOHNSON, J.G. & NAPLES, L.M. & VAN BONN, W.G. & KENT, A.D. & MITCHELL, M.A. & ALLENDER, M.C. (2017) Evaluation of health parameters in cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) housed in a seasonal touch pool habitat compared with an off-exhibit habitat. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 48 (4): 954-960 http://dx.doi.org/10.1638/2017-0091.1
KAI, M. & FUJINAMI, Y. (2018) Stock-recruitment relationships in elasmobranchs: Application to the North Pacific blue shark. Fisheries Research, 200: 104-115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2017.10.025
KARIM, E. & LIU, Q. & MEMON, A.M. & BASET, A. & HOQ, M.E. & SHAMSUZZAMAN, M.M. & DAS, A. (2017) Assessment of some demographic trends of Spadenose shark (Scoliodon laticaudus) of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences, 46 (10): 1986-1995
LAMARCA, F. & RIBEIRO, N. & GALHEIGO, F. & VIANNA, M. (2017) The first record of diprosopus tetrophthalmus in the South Atlantic Ocean: The case of Prionace glauca (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) in Brazil. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 47 (4): 385-389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/aiep/02226
LIU, S.Y.V. & JOUNG, S.J. & YU, C. & HSU, H. & TSAI, W. & LIU, K.M. (2018) Genetic diversity and connectivity of the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios). PeerJ, 6: e4432 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4432
MARTINS, M.F. & PASQUINO, A.F. & GADIG, O.B.F. (2018) Reproductive biology of the Brazilian guitarfish, Pseudobatos horkelii (Müller & Henle, 1841) from southeastern Brazil, western South Atlantic. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.13652
MCALLISTER, J.D. & BARNETT, A. & LYLE, J.M. & STEHFEST, K.M. & SEMMENS, J.M. (2018) Examining trends in abundance of an overexploited elasmobranch species in a nursery area closure. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69 (3): 376-384 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF17130
MCDERMOTT DELAUNE, A.J. & FIELD, C.L. & CLAUSS, T.M. (2017) Whole blood transfusions to treat severe anemia in seven cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) and one short-tail stingray (Dasyatis brevicaudata). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 48 (4): 1172-1180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1638/2016-0116R2.1
MINTO, C. & HINDE, J. & COELHO, R. (2018) Including unsexed individuals in sex-specific growth models. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 75 (2): 282-292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0450
MITCHELL, J.D. & MCLEAN, D.L. & COLLIN, S.P. & TAYLOR, S. & JACKSON, G. & FISHER, R. & LANGLOIS, T.J. (2018) Quantifying shark depredation in a recreational fishery in the Ningaloo Marine Park and Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 587: 141-157 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12412
MOLTER, C.M. & BASELER, L.J. (2017) Clinical challenge: Diagnosis of Loimopapillosum sp. Branchitis in a southern stingray (Dasyatis americana). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 48 (4): 1267-1269
MOORE, A.B.M. (2018) Identification of critical habitat in a data-poor area for an Endangered aquatic apex predator. Biological Conservation, 220: 161-169 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.02.013
MURAKAMI, C. & YOSHIDA, H. & YONEZAKI, S. (2018) Cookie-cutter shark Isistius brasiliensis eats Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera brydei. Ichthyological Research, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10228-018-0619-6
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RODRIGUEZ-CABELLO, C. & SANCHEZ, F. (2017) Catch and post-release mortalities of deep-water sharks caught by bottom longlines in the Cantabrian Sea (NE Atlantic). Journal of Sea Research, 130: 248-255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2017.04.004
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SHIPLEY, O.N. & MURCHIE, K.J. & FRISK, M.G. & BROOKS, E.J. & O'SHEA, O.R. & POWER, M. (2017) Low lipid and urea effects and inter-tissue comparisons of stable isotope signatures in three nearshore elasmobranchs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 579: 233-238 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12264
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TABARESTANI, H.S. & SEDAGHAT, N. & JAHANSHAHI, M. & MOTAMEDZADEGAN, A. & MOHEBBI, M. (2017) Development of Optimized Edible Packaging Based on White-cheek Shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri) Skin Gelatin Biopolymer: Mechanical, Water Vapor Permeability, and Structural Properties. Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 26 (10): 1244-1258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10498850.2015.1126664
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TAYLOR, S.M. & BRACCINI, J.M. & BRUCE, B.D. & MCAULEY, R.B. (2018) Reconstructing Western Australian white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) catches based on interviews with fishers. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69 (3): 366-375 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF17140
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MISCELLANEOUS:
NEW open access book about SHARKS and RAYS of PAPUA
NEW GUINEA!
White W.T., Baje, L., Sabub, B., Appleyard, S.A., Pogonoski, J.J., Mana, R.R. 2017.
Sharks and rays of Papua New Guinea. ACIAR Monograph No. 189. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research: Canberra. 327 pp.
http://aciar.gov.au/files/sharks_and_rays_png.pdf
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Tagged tiger shark proving unstoppable
- Date: January 11, 2018
- Source: Nova Southeastern University
- Summary: For more than a decade, researchers have been tagging and tracking sharks in order to study their migratory patterns and more. One tiger shark - Andy - is now the longest-ever tracked tiger shark, providing years worth of data for researchers.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180111163013.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Ffish+%28Fish+News+--+ScienceDaily%29
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Deep-sea fish use hydrothermal vents to incubate eggs
- Date: February 12, 2018
- Source: Penn State
- Summary: An international team of researchers have discovered egg cases of deep-sea fish near hydrothermal vents. The team believes that deep-sea skates, a relative of sharks and rays, use the warm water near the vents to accelerate the typically years-long incubation time of their eggs.
DNA analysis revealed that the egg cases found near the black smoker belong to the skate species Bathyraja spinosissima, commonly known as deep-sea skates. The researchers believe the fish use the volcanic heat emitted from the hydrothermal vents to accelerate the typically years-long incubation time of the eggs.
Credit: Julye Newlin, Ocean Exploration Trust
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180212121226.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Ffisheries+%28Fisheries+News+--+ScienceDaily%29
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New shark species confirmed
Genetic testing finds a different sixgill shark
- Date: February 20, 2018
- Source: Florida Institute of Technology
- Summary: Using 1,310 base pairs of two mitochondrial genes, biologists have identified a new species, the Atlantic sixgill shark.
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Cracking the mysteries of the elusive, majestic whale shark
By MARIA CHENG, Feb. 28, 2018
In this 2017 photo provided by Simon Pierce, a whale shark swims past Alexandra Watts in the Galapagos Islands area of Ecuador. (simonjpierce.com via AP)
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World-first UWA study show sharks target hooked fish
Steve Butler | PerthNow, February 21, 2018 10:21PM
SHARKS appear to be targeting popular recreational fishing spots in search of easy meals, according to a world-first study by University of WA researchers.
hark follow fisherman for an easy meal, research suggests.Picture: supplied
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