NEWSLETTER 12/2018 11.12.2018
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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 RESEARCHOn October 15, the Fishbase Sweden Symposium took place. This years topic: fishes at depth including two talks by shark scientists Sarah Viana and Nicolas Straube.
More information:The theme for the 16th annual FishBase Symposium, held at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm on the 15th of October 2018, was Fishes At Depth / Fiskar På Djupet, a reference to the deep sea. To learn more about the fishes of the deep sea and their adaptations, FishBase Sweden invited six experts who gave lectures on a range of topics. Imants G. Priede introduced us to the deep sea by presenting an overview of the deep sea and its inhabitants and the evolutionary history of the deep sea fauna, while Alan Jamieson showed us some in situ observations of the world’s deepest-living fishes. Fanny de Busserolles gave a brief introduction to the light conditions of the deep-sea environment and the visual adaptations of deep-sea fishes. Jan Yde Poulsen talked about recently discovered species from deep-sea habitats. Sarah Viana introduced us to the diversity and taxonomy of tropical deep-sea sharks and skates, and provided an outline of fish collections in Brazil. Nicolas Straube gave an introduction to the taxonomy of bioluminescent sharks and their interrelationships and evolution. A summary of the symposium in PDF format is available at the FishBase Sweden blog ( http://artedi.nrm.se) Recordings of the talks can be watched on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxWfsd4wviJMN89m6HmejYiiW7njFPYxv
We wish you all merry Christmas and a happy new year 2019!
Cheers,
Jürgen & Nico
PS: We are working on the database report for 2018...
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New Images
Many thanks to the following people for providing images:
Frederik H. Mollen (Elasmobranch Research Belgium) for the images of Pastinachus ater (MACLEAY, 1883), ERB 1188, female, 63,2 cm DW, 133,2 cm TL, Kenya
Pradip Patade, India, India for a image of Aetobatus ocellatus (KUHL, 1823), Sasson Dock, Mumbai, India, TL 61 cm, November 2018
Bianca S. Rangel, Laboratory of Metabolism and Reproduction of Aquatic Organisms (LAMEROA) for some images of oral papillae and denticles, e.g. of Isurus oxyrinchus RAFINESQUE, 1810, oral papillae and denticles (~ 270 cm TL) in scanning electron microscopy
Francisco Concha for the images of Zearaja chilensis (GUICHENOT, 1848)
Dr. Kazuhiro Nakaya, Japan for images of a total skeleton of a 5.4m TL Megachasma pelagios TAYLOR, COMPAGNO & STRUHSAKER, 1983
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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.
At the moment we are looking for some of the following papers:
Extinct Chondrichthyes:
CAPPETTA, H. & PFEIL, F.H. & SCHMIDT-KITTLER, N. (2000) New biostratigraphical data on the marine Upper Cretaceous and Palaeogene of Jordan. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 38: 81–95.
MAO, Y. & MA, Q. & FENG, Q. (2013) Discovery of Fish Microremains in the Gufeng Formation at the Luojiaba Section from Jianshi, West Hubei. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, 30 (2): 175–183
MENDIOLA, C. & MARTINEZ, J. (2003) La ictiofauna fósil (Chondrichthyes, Euselachii) del Mesozoico y Cenozoico de España. Revista de la Societat Paleontológica d'Elx, 9: 1–103
MENDIOLA, C. (2004) Primera cita española del género Ptychodus AGASSIZ 1839 (Chondrichthyes, Euselachii). Revista de la Societat Paleontológica d'Elx, 13: 1–14
MENDIOLA, C. & LÓPEZ, A. (2005) La ictiofauna fósil (Chondrichthyes, Euselachii) del Serravalliense de Alicante (Sureste de España). Revista de la Societat Paleontológica d'Elx, 14: 1–51
Extant Chondrichthyes:
BERG, L.S. (1937) A classification of fish-like vertebrates. Bull. Acad. Sci. URSS, Cl. Sci. math. Natur. 1937: 1277–1280. [In English with Russ. Summ.]
BERG, L.S. & SVETOVIDOV, A.N. (1955) Systema ribovraznich i rib nine jivuchtchich i iskopaemich. Trudy Zool. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 20: 1–286
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:
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Save the date! 25. - 29. March 2019
The Mexican Society of Cartilaginous Fishes A.C., in coordination with the Planetarium of Playa del Carmen SAYAB, invites to participate in the First Latin American Conference of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras, and the VIII National Symposium of Sharks and Rays.
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5th International Whale Shark Conference (IWSC5) from 28-31 May 2019
From 28-31 May 2019, the town of Exmouth in the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area will welcome delegates to the 5th International Whale Shark Conference (IWSC5), a meeting of the world’s leading whale shark scientists, conservationists, natural resource managers and tourism managers. This is the fifth such conference to be held, following on from the successful IWSC4 held in Doha, Qatar in 2016. This meeting is timed to showcase Ningaloo’s world’s best practice whale shark management program and will follow the Ningaloo Whaleshark Festival, an annual community event that celebrates these magnificent animals.
IWSC5 will bring together local scientists, researchers and postgraduate students to interact with international colleagues and collaborators to explore all aspects of whale shark biology and ecology and how this can translate to direct, on-ground conservation efforts. Delegates from around the world will be treated to four days of presentations, workshops, social functions and experiencing the world renowned Ningaloo whale shark tourism industry to forge new relationships and collaborations and debate ideas.
A core focus of IWSC5 will be bringing together end users of the science being presented, such as tourism managers, marine park managers and conservation groups. This will improve the uptake and application of research and help develop collaborations between research scientists and managers and industry.
For further information contact iwsc5@dbca.wa.gov.au. The webpage is under construction, please add to your favourites www.iwsc5.info
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TAXONOMIC NEWS/ NEW SPECIES
Extant Chondrichthyes:
DALY-ENGEL, T.S. & KOCH, A. & ANDERSON, J.M. & COTTON, C.F. & GRUBBS, R.D. (2018): Description of a new deep-water dogfish shark from Hawaii, with comments on the Squalus mitsukurii species complex in the West Pacific. ZooKeys, 798: 135–157
New species: Squalus hawaiiensis
Abstract: Dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus are small, deep-water sharks with a slow rate of molecular evolution that has led to their designation as a series of species complexes, with low between-species diversity relative to other taxa. The largest of these complexes is named for the Shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder), a medium-sized dogfish shark common to warm upper slope and seamount habitats, with a putative circumglobal distribution that has come under investigation recently due to geographic variation in morphology and genetic diversity. The Hawaiian population of Squalus mitsukurii was examined using both morphological and molecular analyses, putting this group in an evolutionary context with animals from the type population in Japan and closely-related congeners. External morphology differs significantly between the Hawaiian and Japanese S. mitsukurii, especially in dorsal fin size and relative interdorsal length, and molecular analysis of 1,311 base pairs of the mitochondrial genes ND2 and COI show significant, species-level divergence on par with other taxonomic studies of this genus. The dogfish shark in Hawaii represents a new species in the genus, and the name Squalus hawaiiensis, the Hawaiian spurdog, is designated after the type location.
Extinct Chondrichthyes:
nothing this month :-)
Parasites:
HERZOG, K.S. & JENSEN, K. (2018): Five new species of the tapeworm genus Anthocephalum (Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae) parasitizing a single species of Indo-Pacific stingray, and a revised diagnosis of the genus. Journal of Parasitology, 104 (5): 505-522
New species: Anthocephalum blairi, Anthocephalum gravisi, Anthocephalum haroldsoni, Anthocephalum mounseyi, Anthocephalum ruhnkei
Abstract: Five new species of the elasmobranch tapeworm genus Anthocephalum Linton, 1890(Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae Ruhnke, Caira and Cox, 2015) are described from the mangrove whipray, Urogymnus granulatus (Macleay) from the Solomon Islands and northern Australia. Anthocephalum blairi n. sp., Anthocephalum gravisi n. sp., Anthocephalum haroldsonin. sp., Anthocephalum mounseyi n. sp., and Anthocephalum ruhnkei n. sp. differ from one another and their congeners based on quantitative and qualitative features of the scolex and proglottid anatomy. Species boundaries recognized by these distinguishing morphological features are supported by a maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis based on combined 18S rDNA and 28S rDNA (D1–D3) sequence data showing the new species as independent lineages among 13 of the 18 species of Anthocephalum described to date. Several morphological features (the possession of columns of vitelline follicles that are interrupted by the ovary, a uterus that does not extend to the anterior margin of the proglottid but stops short in the anterior region of the field of testes, proximal surfaces of the marginal loculi covered with acicular filitriches only throughout, or with gladiate spinitriches and acicular filitriches throughout, and proximal bothridial surfaces with gladiate spinitriches and acicular filitriches) are collectively exhibited by the 5 new species and have not been documented previously in other species of Anthocephalum. The genus is herein amended to reflect these features. Additionally, the replacement name Anthocephalum centrurum(Southwell, 1925) Ruhnke, 1994 is reinstated as the valid name for the type species of the genus, Anthocephalum gracile Linton, 1890, with the latter being the junior secondary homonym of A. gracile (Wedl, 1855) Ruhnke, 1994. The description of these new species increases the number of valid species of Anthocephalum from 18 to 23.
MANNA, S. & MANNA, B. (2018): A New Genus of the Tetraphyllidean Cestodes fromDasyatis sephen Forsskal, 1775 Captured from Digha Coastal Water, Bay of Bengal, India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 71 (4): 305–312
New species: Aloculibothrium dasyatii
Abstract: Aloculibothrium dasyatii n. gen. n. sp. is described from the spiral intestine of Dasyatis sephenForsskal, 1775 captured at Digha coastal waters, Bay of Bengal, India. This species is placed under the famil Onchobothriidae (Braun, 1900) and erected a new genus Aloculibothrium to accommodate this specimen. The body is 24.22–36.58 mm long and with 310–325 proglottids; scolex rectangular with two parts; anterior bearing four bothridia with paired bifurcated hooks, divided into inner and outer prong and posterior with fleshy collar. The cestode has been compared with all the existing twelve different valid genera under the family Onchobothriidae but to accommodate the present specimens a new genera Aloculibothrium is erected.
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Latest Research Articles
Extant Chondrichthyes:
ALVARADO-ORTEGA, J. & CUEVAS-GARCIA, M. & CANTALICE, K. (2018) The fossil fishes of the archaeological site of Palenque, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico. Journal of Archaeological Science-Reports, 17): 462-476 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.11.029
ARNES-URGELLES, C. & HOYOS-PADILLA, E.M. & POCHET, F. & SALINAS-DE-LEON, P. (2018) First observation on the mating behaviour of the marbled ray, Taeniurops meyeni, in the tropical Eastern Pacific. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101 (12): 1693-1699 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-018-0818-z
AWRUCH, C.A. & SOMOZA, G. & BALDOCK, C. (2018) Chondrichthyan research in South America: endocrinology overview and research trends over 50 years (1967-2016) compared to the rest of the world. General and Comparative Endocrinology, in Press https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.06.005
BAJE, L. & SMART, J.J. & CHIN, A. & WHITE, W.T. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2018) Age, growth and maturity of the Australian sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon taylori from the Gulf of Papua. Plos One, 13 (10): e0206581 https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206581
BERNARDINI, I. & GARIBALDI, F. & CANESI, L. & FOSSI, M.C. & BAINI, M. (2018) First data on plastic ingestion by blue sharks (Prionace glauca) from the Ligurian Sea (North-Western Mediterranean Sea). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 135: 303-310 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.022
BITON-PORSMOGUER, S. & LLORET, J. (2018) Potentially unsustainable fisheries of a critically-endangered pelagic shark species: the case of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Cybium, 42 (3): 299-302
BOOTH, J.D. & BOOTH, C.E. & BOOTH, W.E. & BOOTH, R.S. & RIHARI, H.T. (2018) Fishing Strategies at an Open-coast Fishing Site in East-Northland, New Zealand. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 9 (2): 83-88
BOUYOUCOS, I.A. & WEIDELI, O.C. & PLANES, S. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. & RUMMER, J.L. (2018) Dead tired: evaluating the physiological status and survival of neonatal reef sharks under stress. Conservation Physiology, 6 (1): coy053 https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy053
BOVCON, N.D. & COCHIA, P.D. & NAVOA, X. & LEDESMA, P. & CAILLE, G.M. & BAIGUN, C.R.M. (2018) First report on a pupping area of the tope shark Galeorhinus galeus (Carcharhiniformes, Triakidae) in the south-west Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology, in press https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13781
CARDENAS-PALOMO, N. & NORENA-BARROSO, E. & HERRERA-SILVEIRA, J. & GALVAN-MAGANA, F. & HACOHEN-DOMENE, A. (2018) Feeding habits of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) inferred by fatty acid profiles in the northern Mexican Caribbean. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101 (11): 1599-1612 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-018-0806-3
CARDENOSA, D. & QUINLAN, J. & SHEA, K.H. & CHAPMAN, D.D. (2018) Multiplex real-time PCR assay to detect illegal trade of CITES-listed shark species. Scientific Reports, 8: 16313 https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34663-6
CAVE, E.J. & KAJIURA, S.M. (2018) Effect of Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil Water Accommodated Fraction on Olfactory Function in the Atlantic Stingray, Hypanus sabinus. Scientific Reports, 8: 15786 https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34140-0
CONCHA, F. & MORALES, N. & HERNANDEZ, S. (2018) First observations on captive hatching and incubation period of the yellow-nose skate Dipturus chilensis (Rajiformes: Rajidae), from the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, 93 (4): 738-740 https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13765
CORTES, E. & BROOKS, E.N. (2018) Stock status and reference points for sharks using data-limited methods and life history. Fish and Fisheries, 19 (6): 1110-1129 https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12315
CULLEN, J.A. & MARSHALL, C.D. & HALA, D. (2018) Integration of multi-tissue PAH and PCB burdens with biomarker activity in three coastal shark species from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Science of the Total Environment, 650: 1158-1172 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.128
DALY-ENGEL, T.S. & KOCH, A. & ANDERSON, J.M. & COTTON, C.F. & GRUBBS, R.D. (2018) Description of a new deep-water dogfish shark from Hawaii, with comments on the Squalus mitsukurii species complex in the West Pacific. ZooKeys, 798: 135–157 https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.798.28375
DE SILVA, D.P.N. & TAN, E. & MIZUNO, N. & HOSOYA, S. & REZA, M.S. & WATABE, S. & KINOSHITA, S. & ASAKAWA, S. (2018) Transcriptomic analysis of immunoglobulin novel antigen receptor (IgNAR) heavy chain constant domains of brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum). Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 84: 370-376 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2018.10.004
DEL V. GONZÁLEZ‐GONZÁLEZ, L. & EHEMANN, N.R. (2018) Length–weight relationships of six elasmobranch species captured at the artisanal fishery of Margarita Island, Venezuela. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, in press https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.13832
DIVI, R.V. & STROTHER, J.A. & PAIG-TRAN, E.W.M. (2018) Manta rays feed using ricochet separation, a novel nonclogging filtration mechanism. Science Advances, 4 (9): eaat9533 https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat9533
DOANE, M.P. & KACEV, D. & HARRINGTON, S. & LEVI, K. & PANDE, D. & VEGA, A. & DINSDALE, E.A. (2018) Mitochondrial recovery from shotgun metagenome sequencing enabling phylogenetic analysis of the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus). Meta Gene, 15: 10-15 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mgene.2017.10.003
DOCAMPO-SEARA, A. & LAGADEC, R. & MAZAN, S. & RODRÍGUEZ, M.A. & QUINTANA-URZAINQUI, I. & CANDAL, E. (2018) Study of pallial neurogenesis in shark embryos and the evolutionary origin of the subventricular zone. Brain Structure and Function, 223 (8): 3593–3612 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00429-018-1705-2
DOMEL, A. & DOMEL, G. & WEAVER, J.C. & SAADAT, M. & BERTOLDI, K. & LAUDER, G.V. (2018) Hydrodynamic properties of biomimetic shark skin: effect of denticle size and swimming speed. Bioinspir Biomim. 2018 Jul 18 https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/aad418
DU CLOS, K.T. & LANG, A. & DEVEY, S. & MOTTA, P.J. & HABEGGER, M.L. & GEMMELL, B.J. (2018) Passive bristling of mako shark scales in reversing flows. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 15 (147): 20180473 https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0473
FERRON, H.G. & PAREDES-ALIAGA, M.V. & MARTINEZ-PEREZ, C. & BOTELLA, H. (2018) Bioluminescent-like squamation in the galeomorph shark Apristurus ampliceps (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Contributions to Zoology, 87 (3): 187-196
FUSS, T. & SCHLUESSEL, V. (2018) Immediate early gene expression related to learning and retention of a visual discrimination task in bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium griseum). Brain Structure and Function, 223 (9): 3975–4003 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00429-018-1728-8
GABBANELLI, V. & DE ASTARLOA, J.M.D. & GONZALEZ-CASTRO, M. & VAZQUEZ, D.M. & MABRAGANA, E. (2018) Almost a century of oblivion: Integrative taxonomy allows the resurrection of the longnose skate Zearaja brevicaudata (Marini, 1933) (Rajiformes; Rajidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 341 (9-10): 454-470 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2018.10.002
GALLAGHER, A.J. & KLIMLEY, A.P. (2018) The biology and conservation status of the large hammerhead shark complex: the great, scalloped, and smooth hammerheads. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28 (4): 777–794 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-018-9530-5
GARZA-GISHOLT, E. & HART, N.S. & COLLIN, S.P. (2018) Retinal Morphology and Visual Specializations in Three Species of Chimaeras, the Deep-Sea R. pacifica and C. lignaria, and the Vertical Migrator C. milii (Holocephali). Brain Behavior and Evolution, 92: 47–62 https://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000490655
GOLANI, D. & FRICKE, R. (2018) Checklist of the Red Sea Fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants. Zootaxa, 4509 (1): 1-215
GONÇALVES SILVA, F. & VIANNA, M. (2018) Diet and reproductive aspects of the endangered butterfly ray Gymnura altavela raising the discussion of a possible nursery area in a highly impacted environment. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 66 (3): 315-324 https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1679-8759201801906603
GURLEY, M. & MOTTA, P. (2018) An Analysis of Extraocular Muscle Forces in The Piked Dogfish (Squalus acanthias). The Anatomical Record, in press https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.23976
HAQUE, A.B. & DAS, S.A. (2018) First confirmed record of the Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron from Bangladeshi waters. Journal of Fish Biology, in press https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13874
HARRISON, A.L. & COSTA, D.P. & WINSHIP, A.J. & BENSON, S.R. & BOGRAD, S.J. & ANTOLOS, M. & CARLISLE, A.B. & DEWAR, H. & DUTTON, P.H. & JORGENSEN, S.J. & KOHIN, S. & MATE, B.R. & ROBINSON, P.W. & SCHAEFER, K.M. & SHAFFER, S.A. & SHILLINGER, G.L. & SIMMONS, S.E. & WENG, K.C. & GJERDE, K.M. & BLOCK, B.A. (2018) The political biogeography of migratory marine predators. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2 (10): 1571-1578 https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0646-8
HIGHAM, T.E. & SEAMONE, S.G. & ARNOLD, A. & TOEWS, D. & JANMOHAMED, Z. & SMITH, S.J. & ROGERS, S.M. (2018) The ontogenetic scaling of form and function in the spotted ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes): Fins, muscles, and locomotion. Journal of Morphology, 279 (10): 1408-1418 https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20876
HIRASAKI, Y. & TOMITA, T. & YANAGISAWA, M. & UEDA, K. & SATO, K. & OKABE, M. (2018) Heart Anatomy of Rhincodon typus: Three-Dimensional X-Ray Computed Tomography of Plastinated Specimens. The Anatomical Record, 301 (11): 1801-1808 https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.23902
IGLÉSIAS, S.P. & MOLLEN, F.H. (2018) Cold case: The early disappearance of the Bramble shark (Echinorhinus brucus) in European and adjacent wate. Oceans Past News, 10: 1-2
IGLÉSIAS, S.P. & MOLLEN, F.H. & NAYLOR, G.J.P. (2018) L’histoire de la disparition précoce du Squale bouclé (Echinorhinus brucus) révélée par une approche intégrative en écologie historique. Abstract. VIIe Rencontres de l’Ichtyologie en France Paris, 27-30 Mach 2018: p. 81
INGLE, D.I. & NATANSON, L.J. & PORTER, M.E. (2018) Mechanical behavior of shark vertebral centra at biologically relevant strains. Journal of Experimental Biology, in press https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.188318
JAWAD, L.A. & ZIYADI, M.S.F. & NÄSLUND, J. & POHL, T. & AL-MUKHTAR, M.A. (2018) Checklist of the fishes of the newly discovered coral reeef in Iraq, north-west Arabian Gulf, with 10 new records to the Arabian Gulf. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 24 (3): 89-138
JORDAAN, G.L. & SANTOS, J. & GROENEVELD, J.C. (2018) Effects of inconsistent reporting, regulation changes and market demand on abundance indices of sharks caught by pelagic longliners off southern Africa. Peerj, 6: e5726 https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5726
KASUMYAN, A.O. & PAVLOV, D.S. (2018) Evolution of Schooling Behavior in Fish. Journal of Ichthyology, 58 (5): 670-678 https://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s0032945218050090
KNEEBONE, J. & WINTON, M. & DANYLCHUK, A. & CHISHOLM, J. & SKOMAL, G.B. (2018) An assessment of juvenile sand tiger (Carcharias taurus) activity patterns in a seasonal nursery using accelerometer transmitters. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101 (12): 1739-1756 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-018-0821-4
LORENZALE, M. & FERNÁNDEZ, B. & DURÁN, A.C. & LÓPEZ-UNZU, M.A. & SANS-COMA ,V. (2018) The valves of the cardiac outflow tract of the starry ray, Raja asterias (Chondrichthyes; Rajiformes): Anatomical, histological and evolutionary aspects. Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, in press https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ahe.12409
LYONS, K. & BURKET, S.R. & BROOKS, B.W. (2018) Sex may influence environmental diphenhydramine accumulation in Round Stingrays. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 135: 648-653 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.042
LYONS, K. & WYNNE-EDWARDS, K.E. (2018) Legacy PCB Contamination Impairs Male Embryonic Development in an Elasmobranch with Matrotrophic Histotrophy, the Round Stingray (Urobatis halleri). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37 (11): 2904–2911 https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4255
MADUNA, S.N. & ROSSOUW, C. & SLABBERT, R. & WINTNER, S.P. & DA SILVA, C. & BESTER-VAN DER MERWE, A.E. (2018) New polymorphic microsatellite loci revealed for the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus through Ion Proton double-digest RAD sequencing. Molecular Biology Reports, 45 (1): https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-018-4338-x
MARLER, H. & ADAMS, D.H. & WU, Y. & NIELSEN, C.K. & SHEN, L. & REINER, E.J. & CHEN, D. (2018) Maternal Transfer of Flame Retardants in Sharks from the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Environmental Science and Technology, 52 (22):12978-12986 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01613
MASANGCAY, S.I.G. & METILLO, E.B. & HAYASHIZAKI, K.I. & TAMADA, S. & NISHIDA, S. (2018) Feeding Habits of Mobula japanica (Chondrichthyes, Mobulidae) in Butuan Bay, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Science Diliman, 30 (1): 24-44
MASANGCAY, S.I.G. & METILLO, E.B. & NISHIDA, S. (2018) Population Structure of the Krill Prey of the Spinetail Devil Ray Mobula japanica (Chondrichthyes, Mobulidae) from Southeastern Bohol Sea, Philippines. Science Diliman, 30 (1): 74-81
MATHEW, E. & MYURAN, T. & CHING, H.Y. (2018) A migratory shark bone. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jun 23;2018. pii: bcr-2017-220066 https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-220066
MCCLUSKY, L.M. (2018) Multiple Sources for Sertoli Cells and Two Sertoli Phenotypes in the Adult Elasmobranch Testis: Insight from Two Species Belonging to Different Orders. The Anatomical Record, 301 (11): 1944-1954 https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.23949
MILLE, T. & CRESSON, P. & CHOUVELON, T. & BUSTAMANTE, P. & BRACH-PAPA, C. & BRUZAC, S. & ROZUEL, E. & BOUCHOUCHA, M. (2018) Trace metal concentrations in the muscle of seven marine species: Comparison between the Gulf of Lions (North-West Mediterranean Sea) and the Bay of Biscay (North-East Atlantic Ocean). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 135: 9-16 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.05.051
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MORALES, M.J.A. &MENDONÇA, F.F. & MAGALHÃES, C.O. & OLIVEIRA, C. & COELHO, R. & SANTOS, M.N. & CRUZ, V.P. & PIERCY, A. & BURGESS, G. & HAZIN, F.V. & FORESTI, F. (2018) Population genetics of the bigeye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans: implications for conservation. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28 (4): 941–951 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-018-9531-4
MUSA, S.M. & CZACHUR, M.V. & SHIELS, H.A. (2018) Oviparous elasmobranch development inside the egg case in 7 key stages. Plos One, 13 (11): e0206984 https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206984
NAU, M.R. & O'BRIEN, J.K. & SCHMITT, T.L. & NOLLENS, H.H. & ROBECK, T.R. (2018) Diagnostic assessment of reproductive status in white-spotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum). Animal Reproduction Science, 197: 48-57 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2018.08.005
NAVARRO-GONZÁLEZ, J.A. &RUBIO-RODRÍGUEZ, U. & MEJÍA-FALLA, P.A. & CRUZ-ESCALONA, V.H. (2018) Descripción morfológica del aparato bucal de adultos de Urotrygon nana y U. rogersi (Urotrygonidae): diferencias intraespecíficas e interespecíficas. [Morphological description of adult mouthparts of Urotrygon nana and U. rogersi (Urotrygonidae): Interspecific and intraspecific differences.] Hidrobiológica, 28 (2): 219-222
ONIMARU, K. & MARCON, L. & MUSY, M. & TANAKA, M. & SHARPE, J. (2018) The fin-to-limb transition as the re-organization of a Turing pattern. Nature Communications, 7: 11582 https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11582
PALLA, H.P. & PAGLIAWAN, H.B. & RODRIGUEZ, E.F. & MONTANO, B.S. & CACHO, G.T. & GONZALES, B.J. & BONNELL, C. & FOWLER, T. (2018) Length-weight relationship of marine fishes from Palawan, Philippines. Palawan Scientist, 10: 17-28
PEREZ, A.E. & BORGES, S.M. & OLIVARES, F.R. & RAREDON, S.J. (2019) First Case of Morphological Abnormality in Common Angel Sharks Squatina squatina (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae), from the Canary Islands. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 19 (3): 267-270 https://dx.doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v19_3_10
RAFAEL, T.L. & LAURA, A.M. & FELIPE, G.M. & SUJITHA, S.B. & JONATHAN, M.P. (2019) Understanding the antagonism of Hg and Se in two shark species from Baja California South, Mexico. Science of the Total Environment, 650: 202-209 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.261
RANGEL, B.S. & SALMON, T. & POSCAI, A.N. & KFOURY, J.R. & RICI, R.E.G. (2019) Comparative investigation into the morphology of oral papillae and denticles of four species of lamnid and sphyrnid sharks. Zoomorphology, in press
RETALLACK, H. & OKIHIRO, M.S. & BRITTON, E. & VAN, SOMMERAN, S. & DERISI, J.L. (2018) Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals Miamiensis avidus (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatida) In the 2017 Epizootic of Leopard Sharks ( Triakis semifasciata) In San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, in press https://dx.doi.org/10.7589/2018-04-097
RIGGS, C.L. & SUMMERS, A. & WARREN, D.E. & NILSSON, G.E. & LEFEVRE, S. & DOWD, W.W. & MILTON, S. & PODRABSKY, J.E. (2018) Small Non-coding RNA Expression and Vertebrate Anoxia Tolerance. Front Genet,9: 230 https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00230
SIBLY, R.M. & KODRIC-BROWN, A. & LUNA, S.M. & BROWN, J.H. (2018) The shark-tuna dichotomy: why tuna lay tiny eggs but sharks produce large offspring. Royal Society Open Science, 5 (8): 180453 https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180453
SUEIRO, M.C. & AWRUCH, C.A. & IRIGOYEN, A.J. & ARGEMI, F. & PALACIOS, M.G. (2019) Seasonality of Immunological and Health-State Parameters of Wild Broadnose Sevengill Shark, Notorynchus cepedianus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 92 (1): 24-36 https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/700573
SURIANO, C.M. & BODZNICK, D. (2018) Evidence for generative homology of cerebellum and cerebellum-like structures in an elasmobranch fish based on Pax6, Cbln1 and Grid2 expression. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 526 (14): 2187-2203 https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cne.24473
SUTCLIFFE, S.R. & BARNES, M.L. (2018) The role of shark ecotourism in conservation behaviour: Evidence from Hawaii. Marine Policy, 97: 27-33 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.08.022
SWENSON, J.D. & KLOMP, J. & FISHER, R.A. & CROW, K.D. (2018) How the Devil Ray Got Its Horns: The Evolution and Development of Cephalic Lobes in Myliobatid Stingrays (Batoidea: Myliobatidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6: fevo.2018.00181 https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00181
THORBURN, J. & JONES, R. & NEAT, F. & PINTO, C. & BENDALL, V. & HETHERINGTON, S. & BAILEY, D.M. & LESLIE, N. & JONES, C. (2018) Spatial versus temporal structure: Implications of inter-haul variation and relatedness in the North-east Atlantic spurdog Squalus acanthias. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 28 (5): 1167-1180 https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2922
TÜRKER, D. & ZENGIN, K. & TUNAY, O.K. (2019) Length-Weigth Relationships for Nine Chondrichthyes Fish Species from Edremit Bay (North Aegean Sea). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 19 (1): 71-79 https://dx.doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v19_1_09
VÁZQUEZ, J.A. & FRAGUAS, J. & NOVOA-CARVALLAL, R. & REIS, R.L. & ANTELO, L.T. & PÉREZ-MARTÍN, R.I. & VALCARCEL, J. (2018) Isolation and Chemical Characterization of Chondroitin Sulfate from Cartilage By-Products of Blackmouth Catshark (Galeus melastomus). Marine Drugs, 16 (10): 344 https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md16100344
VIANA, S.T.F.L. & DE CARVALHO, M.R. (2018) Resurrection and Redescription of the Southern Dogfish Squalus probatovi (Squalidae), a Valid Species from Angola. Journal of Ichthyology, 58 (5): 617–632 https://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S003294521805020X
WHITEMAN, J.P. & KIM, S.L. & MCMAHON, K.W. & KOCH, P.L. & NEWSOME, S.D. (2018) Amino acid isotope discrimination factors for a carnivore: physiological insights from leopard sharks and their diet. Oecologia, 188 (4): 977–989 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4276-2
WIECZOREK, A.M. & POWER, A.M. & BROWNE, P. & GRAHAM, C.T. (2018) Stable-isotope analysis reveals the importance of soft-bodied prey in the diet of lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. Journal of Fish Biology, 93 (4): 685-693 https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13770
WONG, F.C. & XIAO, J. & ONG, M.G.L. & PANG, M.J. & WONG, S.J. & TEH, L.K. & CHAI, T.T. (2019) Identification and characterization of antioxidant peptides from hydrolysate of blue-spotted stingray and their stability against thermal, pH and simulated gastrointestinal digestion treatments. Food Chemistry, 271: 614-622 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.07.206
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YULIANTO, I. & BOOTH, H. & NINGTIAS, P. & KARTAWIJAYA, T. & SANTOS, J. & SARMINTOHADI, KLEINERTZ, S. & CAMPBELL, S.J. & PALM, H.W. & HAMMER, C. (2018) Practical measures for sustainable shark fisheries: Lessons learned from an Indonesian targeted shark fishery. Plos One, 13 (11): e0206437 https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206437
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Extinct Chondrichthyes:
BHAT, M.S. & RAY, S. & DATTA, P.M. (2018) A new assemblage of freshwater sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Triassic of India. Geobios, 51 (4): 269-283 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2018.06.004
FISCHER, J. (2018) On the fossil record of On the fossil record of chimaeroid (Holocephali) egg cases. Abstract. In: Abstracts, GeoBonn 2018, 2.–6. September 2018, Bonn, Germany: p. 249
GIUSBERTI, L. & AMADORI, M. & AMALFITANO, J. & CARNEVALE, G. & KRIWET, J. (2018) Remarks on the nomenclature of the genera Ptychodus Agassiz, 1834 and Buff onites Sternberg, 1829 (Ptychodontidae, Chondrichthyes). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, in press
KIM, S.H. & PARK, J.Y. & LEE, Y.N. (2018) A tooth of Cosmopolitodus hastalis (Elasmobranchii: Lamnidae) from the Duho Formation (Middle Miocene) of Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. Journal of the Geological Society of Korea, 54 (2): 121-131 https://dx.doi.org/10.14770/jgsk.2018.54.2.121
MARRAMÀ, G. & CARNEVALE, G. & NAYLOR, G.J.P. & KRIWET, J. (2018) Reappraisal of the Eocene whiptail stingrays (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatidae) of the Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12330
SWEYDAN, S. & MERZERAUD, G. & EL MABROUKESSID & MARZOUGUI, W. & TEMANI, R. & AMMAR, H.K. & MARIVAUX, L. & VIANEY-LIAUD, M. & TABUCE, R. & ADNET, S. (2019) A reworked elasmobranch fauna from Tunisia providing a snapshot of Eocene-Oligocene Tethyan faunas. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 149: 194-206 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.08.008
Parasites:
CUTMORE, S.C. & CRIBB, T.H. & BENNETT, M.B. & BEVERIDGE, I. (2018) Tetraphyllidean and onchoproteocephalidean cestodes of elasmobranchs from Moreton Bay, Australia: description of two new species and new records for seven described species. Systematic Parasitology, 95 (8-9): 807–827 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9817-x
DIPPENAAR, S.M. (2018) Resurrection of Alebion difficile (van Beneden, 1892) (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) with notes on other species of Alebion Krøyer, 1863 collected from elasmobranchs off South Africa and an updated key of the adult females. Systematic Parasitology, 95 (8-9): 881–891 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9811-3
ESPÍNOLA-NOVELO, J.F. & ESCRIBANO, R. & OLIVA, M.E. (2018) Metazoan parasite communities of two deep-sea elasmobranchs: the southern lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus, and the largenose catshark, Apristurus nasutus, in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. Parasite, 25: 53 https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018054
HERZOG, K.S. & JENSEN, K. (2018) Five new species of the tapeworm genus Anthocephalum (Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae) parasitizing a single species of Indo-Pacific stingray, and a revised diagnosis of the genus. Journal of Parasitology, 104 (5): 505-522 https://dx.doi.org/10.1645/18-53
MANNA, S. & MANNA, B. (2018) A New Genus of the Tetraphyllidean Cestodes from Dasyatis sephen Forsskal, 1775 Captured from Digha Coastal Water, Bay of Bengal, India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 71 (4): 305–312 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12595-016-0190-y
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill's dramatic effect on stingrays' sensory abilities
Study first to measure physiological effects of crude oil on marine animals' olfactory system
- Date: November 13, 2018
- Source: Florida Atlantic University
- Summary: Marine fishes rely on their sensory systems to survive. A study is the first to quantify the physiological effects of whole crude oil on the olfactory function of a marine vertebrate -- the Atlantic stingray. Results of the study, confirm that exposure to crude oil, at concentrations mimicking those measured in coastal areas following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, significantly impaired olfactory function in the Atlantic stingray after just 48 hours of exposure.
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How the devil ray got its horns
Biologists reveals origins of a distinctive fish feature
- Date: November 29, 2018
- Source: San Francisco State University
- Summary: If you ever find yourself staring down a manta ray, you'll probably notice two things right away: its massive fins and the two fleshy growths curling out of its head that give it the nickname 'devil ray.' A new study shows that these two very different features have the same origin -- a discovery that reflects an important lesson for understanding the diversity of life.
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Set your teeth on EDGE: World's weirdest sharks and rays on the brink of extinction
From guitarfish to angel sharks, the EDGE of Existence highlights the most ancient fish sinking into extinction
- Date: December 4, 2018
- Source: Zoological Society of London
- Summary: Sharks that use a whip-like tail to stun their prey, rays with saws on their faces, and river rays half the length of a bus are among the most unique species at risk of extinction, according to the latest ranking from international conservation charity ZSL's (Zoological Society of London) pioneering EDGE of Existence program.
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