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Phylogenetic interrelationships of neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Euselachii). In M.L.J. Stiassny, L.R. Parenti & G.D. Johnson, eds. Interrelationships of fishes. Academic Press, San Diego, London: 9–34, figs 1–4
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Names and illustrations of fishes from the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. 288 p.
Shirai, S. & Tachikawa, H. (1993)
Taxonomic resolution of the Etmopterus pusillus species group (Elasmobranchii, Etmopteridae), with description of E. bigelowi, n. sp. Copeia, 1993(2), 483–495
Shirai, S. (1992)
Squalean phylogeny: a new framework of "squaloid" sharks and related taxa. Hokkaido University Press, 151 pp.
Shirai, S. (1992)
Identity of extra branchial arches of Hexanchiformes (Pisces, Elasmobranchii). Bulletin of the Faculty of Fishery of the Hokkaido University, 43(1), 24–32
Shirai, S. (1992)
Phylogenetic relationships of the angel sharks, with comments on elasmobranch phylogeny (Chondrichthyes, Squaliformes). Copeia, 1992(2), 505–518
Shirai, S. & Hagiwara, S. & Nakaya, K. (1992)
Scyliorhinus tokubee sp. nov. from Izu Peninsula, Southern Japan (Scyliorhinidae, Elasmobranchii). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 39(1), 9–16
DOI: 10.1007/BF02905629
Shirai, S. & Okamura, O. (1992)
Anatomy of Trigonognathus kabeyai, with comments on feeding mechanism and phylogenetic relationships (Elasmobranchii, Squalidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 39(2), 139–150
Shirai, S. & Nakaya, K. (1992)
Functional morphology of feeding apparatus of the cookie-cutter shark, Isistius brasiliensis (Elasmobranchii, Dalatiinae). Zoological Science, 9(4), 811–821
Nakaya, K. & Shirai, S. (1992)
Fauna and Zoogeography of Deep-Benthic chondrichthyan Fishes around the Japanese Archipelago. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 39(1), 37–48
DOI: 10.1007/BF02905632
Shirai, S. (1992)
Comments on the hexanchiform phylogeny [in Japanese], Report of Japanese Society for Elasmobranch Studies, 29, 1–23
Shirai, S. & Nakaya, K. (1990)
A new squalid species of the genus Centroscyllium from the Emperor Seamount Chain. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 36(4), 391–398
DOI: 10.1007/BF02905457
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Interrelationships of the Etmopteridae (Chondrichthyes, Squaliformes). In Pratt, H.L., Gruber, S.H., Taniuchi, T., editors. Elasmobranchs as living resources: advances in the biology, ecology, systematics, and the status of the fisheries: NOAA Technical Report NMFS, 90: 347–356
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A key to the species of the dogfishes (Squaloidei) from Japanese waters [in Japanese], Report of Japanese Society for Elasmobranch Studies, 26, 1–35
Shirai, S. (1986)
Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Dalatiidae [Abstract]. In Uyeno, T. & Arai, R. & Taniuchi, T. & Matsuura, K. (Eds) Proceedings of the second international conference on Indo-Pacific fishes. Ichthyological Society of Japan, Tokyo: 932
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On the Remarkable Structures concerning Feeding Mechanisms in Ciger Shark, Isistius brasiliensis [in Japanese], Report of Japanese Society for Elasmobranch Studies, 20, 1–5
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