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At the moment we are looking for some of the following papers:


Extinct Chondrichthyes:
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.] 




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5^th International Whale Shark Conference (IWSC5) from 28-31 May 2019

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF XVI EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF ICHTHYOLOGY

Dear colleagues,
We invite you to attend the XVI European Congress of Ichthyology, to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 2-6 September 2019. The scientific program will include sessions and symposia on taxonomy, phylogeny, anatomy, ecology, conservation, ethology, life history and other aspects of fish biology. Participants are encouraged to make oral and/or poster presentations. Ichthyologists wishing to organize a symposium on a specific topic are ecouraged to contact the organizers.

ORGANIZED BY: European Ichthyological Society
BOARD: Dr. Ivana Buj (president), University of Zagreb, Croatia
Dr. Jörg Bohlen, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Republic
Dr. Alberto Teodorico Correia, University of Porto, Portugal
Dr. Maurice Kottelat, Delémont, Switzerland
Dr. Lukas Kalous, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Dr. Lukas Rüber, Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland

HEAD OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Dr. Maurice Kottelat
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE will be announced soon.
WEB SITE: http://ichthyology.eu/congresses/actual-congresses/
CONTACT: ivana.buj@biol.pmf.hr (for administrative issues, registration etc.),
mkottelat@dplanet.ch (for technical and local issues, etc.)

CONFERENCE VENUE: All conference activities will be held at the Aquatis Hotel and in
the facilities of the Aquatis Aquarium, both situated in Lausanne, Switzerland. AquatisbAquarium is the largest freshwater aquarium and vivarium in Europe. Lausanne is situated on the shore of Lake Geneva and is recognized as the home of the international sport, hosting the International Olympic Committee, but, in September 2019, it will be the meeting point of European and world ichthyologists.

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IMPORTANT DATES:
December 2018 – Second announcement released
1st February – registration and abstract submission opens
30th April – abstract submission closes
31st May – deadline for registration
30th June – deadline for the late registration

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SAMONDS, K.E. & ANDRIANAVALONA, T.H. & WALLETT, L.A. & ZALMOUT, I.S. & WARD, D.J. (2019): A middle - late Eocene neoselachian assemblage from nearshore marine deposits, Mahajanga Basin, northwestern Madagascar. PLoS ONE, 14 (2): e0211789

New species: Carcharhinus underwoodi

Abstract: We report here the first neoselachian fossil fauna from Eocene nearshore marine deposits of the Mahajanga Basin, northwestern Madagascar. The fauna includes seven species of shark: Nebrius blankenhorni, Brachycarcharias koerti, Galeocerdo eaglesomei, two species of Carcharhinus (one of which is described as a new species), Physogaleus, Rhizoprionodon and Sphyrna. Three species of rays were also recovered: Pristis, Myliobatis and an undetermined dasyatid ray. This fauna represents the first Cenozoic neoselachian fossil record from the Eocene of Madagascar and broadens our understanding of their evolutionary and biogeographic history in the southern hemisphere during this time. Although the diversity of the genera and species of the fauna is very low, the age and similarity of genera to those in Congo, west Africa, Arabia, Asia, Europe, and North, Central, and South America suggests that these genera were broadly distributed and diverse within the shallow marine settings of the Tethyan and southern provinces during middle and late Eocene.

CARRILLO-BRICEÑO, J.D. & PARRA, J.D. & LUQUE, J. (2019): A new lamniform shark Protolamna ricaurtei sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia. Cretaceous Research, 95: 336-340

New species: Protolamna ricaurtei

Abstract: The Lower Cretaceous record of lamniforms from South America is scarce and poorly known, containing only two reports of isolated teeth from the upper Hauterivian of Argentina and the Albian of Peru. Here, we describe a partial articulated tooth set referable to †Protolamna ricaurtei sp. nov. from the upper Barremian–lower Aptiandeposits of the Paja Formation (Andes of Colombia). The new species corresponds to one of the oldest fossil lamniforms to date reported from South America. This articulated tooth set is the only known for the family †Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, and possibly the oldest in its type for a lamniform from the Lower Cretaceous. Our findings offer new insights in to the lamniform paleodiversity of the northwestern margin of Gondwanaduring the Early Cretaceous.
 

RICHARDS, K.R. & SHERWIN, J.E. & SMITHSON, T.R. & BENNION, R.F. & DAVIES, S.J. & MARSHALL, J.E.A. & CLACK, J.A. (2018):Diverse and durophagous: Early Carboniferous chondrichthyans from the Scottish Borders. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 108 (1): 67-87

New genus: Whitropus

New species: Whitropus longicalcus, Deltodus tubineus

Abstract:
Chondrichthyan teeth from a new locality in the Scottish Borders supply additional evidence of Early Carboniferous chondrichthyans in the UK. The interbedded dolostones and siltstones of the Ballagan Formation exposed along Whitrope Burn are interpreted as representing a restricted lagoonal environment that received significant amounts of land-derived sediment. This site is palynologically dated to the latest Tournaisian–early Viséan. The diverse dental fauna documented here is dominated by large crushing holocephalan toothplates, with very few, small non-crushing chondrichthyan teeth. Two new taxa are named and described. Our samples are consistent with worldwide evidence that chondrichthyan crushing faunas are common following the Hangenberg extinction event. The lagoonal habitat represented by Whitrope Burn may represent a temporary refugium that was host to a near-relict fauna dominated by large holocephalan chondrichthyans with crushing dentitions. Many of these had already become scarce in other localities by the Viséan and become extinct later in the Carboniferous. This fauna provides evidence of early endemism or niche separation within European chondrichthyan faunas at this time. This evidence points to a complex picture in which the diversity of durophagous chondrichthyans is controlled by narrow spatial shifts in niche availability over time.

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ANASTASOPOULOU, A. & MYTILINEOU, C. & SMITH, C.J. & PAPADOPOULOU, K.N. (2019) Crustacean prey in the diet of fishes from deep waters of the Eastern Ionian Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 99 (1): 259-267 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417001977

ANDRADE, I. & ROSA, D. & MUNOZ-LECHUGA, R. & COELHO, R. (2019) Age and growth of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the Indian Ocean. Fisheries Research, 211: 238-246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.11.019

BARBATO, M. & KOVACS, T. & COLEMAN, M.A. & BROADHURST, M.K. & DE BRUYN, M. (2019) Metabarcoding for stomach‐content analyses of Pygmy devil ray (Mobula kuhlii cf. eregoodootenkee): Comparing tissue and ethanol preservative‐derived DNA. Ecology and Evolution, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4934

BARNEY, E. & DORES, M.R. & MCAVOY, D. & DAVIS, P. & RACAREANU, R.C. & IKI, A. & HYODO, S. & DORES, R.M. (2019) Elephant shark melanocortin receptors: Novel interactions with MRAP1 and implication for the HPI axis. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 272: 42-51 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.11.009

BENGIL, F. & BENGIL, E.G.T. & MAVRUK, S. & HERAL, O. & KARAMAN, O.D. & OZAYDIN, O. (2019) Feeding Ecology of Four Demersal Shark Species (Etmopterus spinax, Galeus melastomus, Scyliorhinus canicula and Squalus blainville) from the Eastern Aegean Sea. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 19 (6): 475-484 http://dx.doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v19_6_03

BLANCO, M. & VAZQUEZ, J.A. & PEREZ-MARTIN, R.I. & SOTELO, C.G. (2019) Collagen Extraction Optimization from the Skin of the Small-Spotted Catshark (S-canicula) by Response Surface Methodology. Marine Drugs, 17 (1): 40 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md17010040

BOLDROCCHI, G. & BETTINETTI, R. (2019) Whale shark foraging on baitfish off Djibouti. Marine Biodiversity, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-00934-8

CAGNAZZI, D. & CONSALES, G. & BROADHURST, M.K. & MARSILI, L. (2019) Bioaccumulation of organochlorine compounds in large, threatened elasmobranchs off northern New South Wales, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 139: 263-269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.12.043

CUEVAS, J.M. & GARCIA, M. & HOZBOR, N. & FARIA, V.V. & PAESCH, L. (2019) Tracing the occurrence of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata at its southernmost distribution in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Endangered Species Research, 38: 1-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr00932

DELORENZO, J. & TECHERA, E.J. (2019) Ensuring good governance of marine wildlife tourism: a case study of ray-based tourism at Hamelin Bay, Western Australia. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 24 (2): 121-135 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2018.1541186

DEZFULI, B.S. & MANERA, M. & BOSI, G. & MERELLA, P. & DEPASQUALE, J.A. & GIARI, L. (2019) Description of epithelial granular cell in catshark spiral intestine: Immunohistochemistry and ultrastructure. Journal of Morphology, 280 (2): 205-213 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20932

DOCAMPO-SEARA, A. & SANTOS-DURAN, G.N. & CANDAL, E. & DIAZ, M.A.R. (2019) Expression of radial glial markers (GFAP, BLBP and GS) during telencephalic development in the catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). Brain Structure & Function, 224 (1): 33-56 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00429-018-1758-2

DOMINGUES, R.R. & BRUELS, C.C. & GADIG, O.B.F. & CHAPMAN, D.D. & HILSDORF, A.W.S. & SHIVJI, M.S. (2019) Genetic connectivity and phylogeography of the night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) in the western Atlantic Ocean: Implications for conservation management. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29 (1): 102-114 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2961

DUTTON, J. & GIOIA, K.A. (2019) Fecundity and Embryonic Development of Spiny Dogfish in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 148 (1): 48-57 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10116

EMERY, T.J. & NORIEGA, R. & WILLIAMS, A.J. & LARCOMBE, J. (2019) Measuring congruence between electronic monitoring and logbook data in Australian Commonwealth longline and gillnet fisheries. Ocean & Coastal Management, 168: 307-321 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.11.003

ENGELBRECHT, T.M. & KOCK, A.A. & O’RIAIN, M.J. (2019) Running scared: when predators become prey. Ecosphere, 10 (1): e02531 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2531

EVERY, S.L. & FULTON, C.J. & PETHYBRIDGE, H.R. & KYNE, P.M. & CROOK, D.A. (2019) A Seasonally Dynamic Estuarine Ecosystem Provides a Diverse Prey Base for Elasmobranchs. Estuaries and Coasts, 42 (2): 580-595 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-0458-8

GONCALVES, O. & FREITAS, R. & FERREIRA, P. & ARAUJO, M. & ZHANG, G.J. & MAZAN, S. & COHN, M.J. & CASTRO, L.F.C. & WILSON, J.M. (2019) Molecular ontogeny of the stomach in the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. Scientific Reports, 9: 586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36413-0

GONZALEZ-PESTANA, A. & ALFARO-SHIGUETO, J. & MANGEL, J.C. (2019) Aspects of reproductive biology of the humpback smooth-hound shark (Mustelus whitneyi) off northern Peru. Marine and Freshwater Research, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF18382

GRADY, J.M. & MAITNER, B.S. & WINTER, A.S. & KASCHNER, K. & TITTENSOR, D.P. & RECORD, S. & SMITH, F.A. & WILSON, A.M. & DELL, A.I. & ZARNETSKE, P.L. & WEARING, H.J. & ALFARO, B. & BROWN, J.H. (2019) Metabolic asymmetry and the global diversity of marine predators. Science, 363 (6425): 366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aat4220

HAMMERSCHLAG, N. & WILLIAMS, L. & FALLOWS, M. & FALLOWS, C. (2019) Disappearance of white sharks leads to the novel emergence of an allopatric apex predator, the sevengill shark. Scientific Reports, 9: 1908 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37576-6

HEUPEL, M.R. & PAPASTAMATIOU, Y.P. & ESPINOZA, M. & GREEN, M.E. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2019) Reef Shark Science - Key Questions and Future Directions. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: Unsp 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00012

HODGSON, J.Y.S. (2019) A Simplified Bioenergetics Model of a Hammerhead Shark for Teaching Natural Selection. American Biology Teacher, 81 (2): 115-119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/abt.2019.81.2.115

JACOBY, D.M.P. (2019) An eye in the sky reveals the collective dynamics of free-ranging shark aggregations. Journal of Fish Biology, 94 (1): 3-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13877

JANSE, M. & LUTEN, H.A. (2019) Contraception within an elasmobranch captive breeding programme: a case report on the eagle ray Aetobatus ocellatus using gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist deslorelin (Suprelorin). Journal of Fish Biology, 94 (1): 196-199 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13872

JIN, Y.Y. & LIN, G.D. & CHEN, Y.N. & GE, Y.H. & LIANG, R.F. & WU, J. & CHEN, J.Q. & WANG, D. & SHI, H.B. & FEI, H. & LV, Z.B. (2019) A fragment activity assay reveals the key residues of TBC1D15 GTPase-activating protein (GAP) in Chiloscyllium plagiosum. BMCc Molecular Biology, 20: 5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12867-019-0122-2

KARIM, M.S. & UDDIN, M.M. (2019) Swatch-of-no-ground marine protected area for sharks, dolphins, porpoises and whales: Legal and institutional challenges. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 139: 275-281 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.12.037

KLEIN, J.D. & BESTER-VAN DER MERWE, A.E. & DICKEN, M.L. & MMONWA, K.L. & TESKE, P.R. (2019) Reproductive philopatry in a coastal shark drives age-related population structure. Marine Biology, 166 (3): 26 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3467-7

LAMEIRAS, J.L.V. & DEMOURA, V.M. & DIAS, L.C. & DOSSANTOS, I.G.C. & DACOSTA, O.T.F. & DOS-SANTOS, M.C. (2019) Cross-reactivity between Potamotrygon motoro antivenoms and dorsal and stinger extracts of others stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) from the Amazon basin. Toxin Reviews, 38 (1): 61-70 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15569543.2017.1394324

LEA, J.S.E. & DALY, R. & LEON, C. & DALY, C.A.K. & CLARKE, C.R. (2019) Life after death: behaviour of multiple shark species scavenging a whale carcass. Marine and Freshwater Research, 70 (2): 302-306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf18157

LEZAMA-OCHOA, N. & HALL, M. & ROMAN, M. & VOGEL, N. (2019) Spatial and temporal distribution of mobulid ray species in the eastern Pacific Ocean ascertained from observer data from the tropical tuna purse-seine fishery. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 102 (1): 1-17 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-018-0832-1

MACKERACHER, T. & DIEDRICH, A. & SIMPFENDORFER, C.A. (2019) Sharks, rays and marine protected areas: A critical evaluation of current perspectives. Fish and Fisheries, 20 (2): 255-267 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12337

MIDWAY, S.R. & WAGNER, T. & BURGESS, G.H. (2019) Trends in global shark attacks. PLoS ONE, 14 (2): e0211049 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211049

MISAWA, R. & NARIMATSU, Y. & ENDO, H. & KAI, Y. (2019) Population structure of the ocellate spot skate (Okamejei kenojei) inferred from variations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences and from morphological characters of regional populations. Fishery Bulletin, 117 (1-2): 24-36 http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/FB.117.1.4

NATANSON, L.J. & DEACY, B.M. (2019) Using oxytetracycline validation for confirmation of changes in vertebral band-pair deposition rates with ontogeny in sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Fishery Bulletin, 117 (1-2): 50–58 http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/FB.117.1.6

NEVATTE, R.J. & CLARK, J.A. & WILLIAMSON, J.E. & GILLINGS, M.R. (2019) The complete mitochondrial genome of the Epaulette Shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788). Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources, 4 (1): 534-535 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1553511

OKAMOTO, E. & MORIYAMA, Y. & KURAKU, S. & KAI, K. & TANAKA, M. (2019) Involvement of HGF/MET signaling in appendicular muscle development in cartilaginous fish. Development Growth & Differentiation, 61 (1): 97-103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dgd.12591

RAMÍREZ-AMARO, S. & GALVÁN-MAGAÑA, F. (2019) Effect of gillnet selectivity on elasmobranchs off the northwestern coast of Mexico. Ocean & Coastal Management, 172: 105-116 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.02.001

RAO, Y.S. & SHAO, Z.H. & AHANGARNEJAD, A.H. & GHOLAMALIZADEH, E. & SOBHANI, B. (2019) Shark Smell Optimizer applied to identify the optimal parameters of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell model. Energy Conversion and Management, 182: 1-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.12.057

RAOULT, V. & WILLIAMSON, J.E. & SMITH, T.M. & GASTON, T.F. (2019) Effects of on-deck holding conditions and air exposure on post-release behaviours of sharks revealed by a remote operated vehicle. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 511: 10-18 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2018.11.003

REID-ANDERSON, S. & BILGMANN, K. & STOW, A. (2019) Effective population size of the critically endangered east Australian grey nurse shark Carcharias taurus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 610: 137-148 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12850

RITTER, E.K. & AMIN, R.W. (2019) Mating scars among sharks: evidence of coercive mating? Acta Ethologica, 22 (1): 9-16 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-018-0301-z

ROOKER, J.R. & DANCE, M.A. & WELLS, R.J.D. & AJEMIAN, M.J. & BLOCK, B.A. & CASTLETON, M.R. & DRYMON, J.M. & FALTERMAN, B.J. & FRANKS, J.S. & HAMMERSCHLAG, N. & HENDON, J.M. & HOFFMAYER, E.R. & KRAUS, R.T. & MCKINNEY, J.A. & SECOR, D.H. & STUNZ, G.W. & WALTER, J.F. (2019) Population connectivity of pelagic megafauna in the Cuba-Mexico-United States triangle. Scientific Reports, 9: 1663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38144-8

ROOPER, C.N. & HOFF, G.R. & STEVENSON, D.E. & ORR, J.W. & SPIES, I.B. (2019) Skate egg nursery habitat in the eastern Bering Sea: a predictive model. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 609: 163-178 http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12809

ROTUNDO, M.M. & SEVERINO-RODRIGUES, E. & BARRERES, W. & PETRERE, M. & RAMIRES, M. (2019) Checklist of marine demersal fishes captured by the pair trawl fisheries in Southern (RJ-SC) Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 19 (1): e20170432 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2017-0432

SANTOS, C.C. & COELHO, R. (2019) Distribution patterns patterns and indicators of the smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena) in the Atlantic Ocean. Fisheries Research, 212: 107-113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.12.015

SATHISHKUMAR, R.S. & MURUGAN, R. & SUNDARAMANICKAM, A. & RAMESH, T. & BALACHANDAR, K. (2019) Incidental Catch of Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828) at Cuddalore Coast, India. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 19 (6): 525-527 http://dx.doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v19_6_08

SEN, A. & HIMMLER, T. & HONG, W.L. & CHITKARA, C. & LEE, R.W. & FERRÉ, B. & LEPLAND, A. & KNIES, J. (2019) Atypical biological features of a new cold seep site on the Lofoten-Vesterålen continental margin (northern Norway). Scientific Reports, 9: 1762 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38070-9

SION, L. & CALCULLI, C. & CAPEZZUTO, F. & CARLUCCI, R. & CARLUCCIO, A. & CORNACCHIA, L. & MAIORANO, P. & POLLICE, A. & RICCI, P. & TURSI, A. & D‘ONGHIA, G. (2019) Does the Bari Canyon (Central Mediterranean) influence the fish distribution and abundance?. Progress in Oceanography, 170: 81-92 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2018.10.015

SISKEY, M.R. & SHIPLEY, O.N. & FRISK, M.G. (2019) Skating on thin ice: Identifying the need for species‐specific data and defined migration ecology of Rajidae spp. Fish and Fisheries, 20 (2): 286-302 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12340

STEVENSON, D.E. & HOFF, G.R. & ORR, J.W. & SPIES, I. & ROOPER, C.N. (2019) Interactions between fisheries and early life stages of skates in nursery areas of the eastern Bering Sea. Fishery Bulletin, 117 (1-2): 8-14 http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/FB.117.1.2

TAGLIAFICO, A. & RANGEL, S. & BROADHURST, M.K. (2019) Maturation and reproduction of Squalus cubensis and Squalus cf. quasimodo (Squalidae, Squaliformes) in the southern Caribbean Sea. Ichthyological Research, 66 (1): 1–8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10228-018-0640-9

TICKLER, D.M. & CARLISLE, A.B. & CHAPPLE, T.K. & CURNICK, D.J. & DALE, J.J. & SCHALLERT, R.J. & BLOCK, B.A. (2019) Potential detection of illegal fishing by passive acoustic telemetry. Animal Biotelemetry, 7:1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-019-0163-9

TOMITA, T. & MURAKUMO, K. & UEDA, K. & ASHIDA, H. & FURUYAMA, R. (2019) Locomotion is not a privilege after birth: Ultrasound images of viviparous shark embryos swimming from one uterus to the other. Ethology, 125 (2): 122-126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12828

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Giant 'megalodon' shark extinct earlier than previously thought

Prehistoric beast not killed off by a supernova

Date:

February 13, 2019

Source:

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Summary:

'Megalodon' -- a giant predatory shark that has inspired numerous documentaries, books and blockbuster movies -- likely went extinct at least one million years earlier than previously thought, according to new research. This is a substantial adjustment as it means that O. megalodon likely went extinct long before a suite of strange seals, walruses, sea cows, porpoises, dolphins and whales all disappeared sometime about 1-2.5 million years ago.

Great white shark genome decoded

Huge genome reveals sequence adaptations in key wound healing and genome stability genes tied to cancer protection

Date:

February 18, 2019

Source:

Nova Southeastern University

Summary:

In a major scientific step to understand the biology of this iconic apex predator and sharks in general, the entire genome of the white shark has now been decoded in detail.
 

Risk remains low despite rise in global shark attacks

Date:

February 27, 2019

Source:

Louisiana State University

Summary:

A new study shows that although the number of shark attacks has increased over time, the rate of attack is low and the risk of being attacked by a shark is highly variable across the globe.

A rare assemblage of sharks and rays from nearshore environments of Eocene Madagascar

This finding, including one new shark species, fills a gap in the known marine record of Madagascar

Date:

February 27, 2019

Source:

PLOS

Summary:

Eocene-aged sediments of Madagascar contain a previously unknown fauna of sharks and rays, according to a new study. This newly described fauna is the first report of sharks and rays of this age in Madagascar.