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Please acknowledge use of the database www.shark-references.com in your publications, and cite: 

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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BARCELOS, L.M.D. & AZEVED, J.M.N. & POLLERSPÖCK, J. & BARREIROS, J.P.  (2018): Review of the records of the smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox(Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Odontaspididae), in the Azores. Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, 48 (2): 189–194

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In recent years Azorean fishermen reported the presence of the smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810), a very rare demersal shark species, associated with insular shelves and slopes, with occasional incursions into shallow waters and of poorly known biology and ecology. There are fourteen new records of this species, between 1996 and 2014, captured by spearfishing, harpoons, hand lines, or entangled in fishing gear in the Azores. These records were analysed and complemented with fishermen interviews, providing new locations and new biological data for this species. Also, specimens photographs were studied and post-mortem analysis were carefully carried out in one individual.
This species is rare and captured only as bycatch in shallow waters. More detailed information on this species is critically needed in order to assess its conservation status and implement management guidelines. Bycatch statistics are crucial in this respect.

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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 Myliobatis aquila (LINNAEUS, 1758) (ERB 1126), female, 64,4 DW, 107,5 TL, Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey 


Bhagyalekshmi Venugopal, Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala for the image of Torpedo sinuspersici OLFERS, 1831, female, 420mm TL, 290mm DW, Thiruvananthapuram, Arabian Sea (South west coast of India)


Sébastien Enault, Kraniata Osteology for images Prionace glauca (LINNAEUS, 1758) 


G. Case for images of 
Columbusia roessingi (CASE, 1987)
Synechodus turneri CASE, 1987
Viperecucullus kuehnei CASE, 1996
Sclerorhynchus pettersi CASE & CAPPETTA, 1997
Chiloscyllium missouriensis CASE, 1979
Mobula melanyae (CASE, 1980)
 
 
 

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
 
VARONE, G. 2015 Decouverte de dents fossiles nouvelles de Teleosteen et de Selacien [Sarpa sp. et Manta sp.], dans le Serravallien de Saint-Martin-d'Oney (Landes, Sud-Ouest Aquitain) [First record of new fossil teeth of Teleostean and Selacian Sarpa sp and Manta sp. , from the Serravallian of Saint-Martin-d'Oney (Landes, South-Western Aquitaine).] Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux, 43 (4): 487–488
 


Extant Chondrichthyes:

SEN, S. & CHAKRABORTY, S.K. & ELAYAPERUMAL, V. & ZACHARIA, P.U. & JAISWAR, A.K. & DASH, G. & KIZHAKUDAN, S.J. & BHARADIYA, S.A. & GOHEL, J.K. 2018 Reproductive strategy of milk shark, Rhizoprionodon acutus (Ruppell 1837), along north-eastern Arabian Sea. Ichthyological Research, 65 (3): 324-333

HARA, K. & FURUMITSU, K. & YAMAGUCHI, A. 2018 Dietary habits of the polkadot skate Dipturus chinensis in the East China Sea. Ichthyological Research, 65 (3): 363-373

MOURA, T. & FIGUEIREDO, I. & BORDALO-MACHADO, P. & GORDO, L.S. 2005 Feeding habits of Chimaera monstrosa L. (Chimaeridae) in relation to its ontogenetic development on the southern Portuguese continental slope. Marine Biology Research, 1 (2): 118–126

KADRI, H. & MAROUANI, S. & BRADAI, M.N. & BOUAÏN, A. 2014 Food habits of the brown ray Raja miraletus (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) from the Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia). Marine Biology Research, 10 (4): 426–434

ROSA, D. & COELHO, R. & FERNANDEZ-CARVALHO, J. & SANTOS, M.N. 2017 Age and growth of the smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena, in the Atlantic Ocean: comparison with other hammerhead species. Marine Biology Research, 13 (3): 300–313

KLARIAN, S.A. & CANALES-CERRO, C. & BARRIA, P. & ZARATE, P. & CONCHA, F. & HERNANDEZ, S. & HEIDEMEYER, M. & SALLABERRY-PINCHEIRA, P. & MELENDEZ, R. 2018 New insights on the trophic ecology of blue (Prionace glauca) and shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) from the oceanic eastern South Pacific. Marine Biology Research, 14 (2): 173-182



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Upcoming Meetings:

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II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology – Montpellier 2018


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.

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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
 
 
 
TAXONOMIC NEWS/ NEW SPECIES


Extant Chondrichthyes:

no news this month!



Extinct Chondrichthyes:


ITANO, W.M. & LAMBERT, L.L. (2018): A new cochliodont anterior tooth plate from the Mississippian of Alabama (USA) having implications for the origin of tooth plates from tooth files. Zoological Letters, 4: 12
New genus: Arcuodus
New species: Arcuodus multicuspidatus
Background: Paleozoic holocephalian tooth plates are rarely found articulated in their original positions. When they are found isolated, it is difficult to associate the small, anterior tooth plates with the larger, more posterior ones. Tooth plates are presumed to have evolved from fusion of tooth files. However, there is little fossil evidence for this hypothesis.
Results: We report a tooth plate having nearly perfect bilateral symmetry from the Mississippian (Chesterian Stage) Bangor Limestone of Franklin County, Alabama, USA. The high degree of symmetry suggests that it may have occupied a symphyseal or parasymphyseal position. The tooth plate resembles Deltodopsisbialveatus St. John and Worthen, 1883, but differs in having a sharp ridge with multiple cusps arranged along the occlusal surface of the presumed labiolingual axis, rather than a relatively smooth occlusal surface. The multicusped shape is suggestive of a fused tooth file. The middle to latest Chesterian (Serpukhovian) age is determined by conodonts found in the same bed.
Conclusion: The new tooth plate is interpreted as an anterior tooth plate of a chondrichthyan fish. It is referred to Arcuodus multicuspidatus Itano and Lambert, gen. et sp. nov. Deltodopsisbialveatus is also referred to Arcuodus.

BERNÁRDEZ, E. (2018): Truyolsodontos estauni n. gen., n. sp., Truyolsodontidae, a new family of lamniform sharks from the Cenomanian of northern Spain. Annales de Paléontologie, in press
New family: Truyolsodontidae
New genus: Truyolsodontos
New species: Truyolsodontos estauni
Abstract: Truyolsodontos estauni n. gen., n. sp. is described based on fossil teeth from the middle and upper Cenomanian of northern Spain. The species Protoscyliorhinus magnus Landemaine, 1991 is withdrawn from the genus Protoscyliorhinus and placed in this new one. For the new genus, the new family Truyolsodontidae is proposed.

 
Parasites:

no news this month!
 

PLEASE send your new papers tojuergen.pollerspoeck@shark-references.comor nicolas.straube@shark-references.com   


Latest Research Articles


Extant Chondrichthyes:
ALFARO-CORDOVA, E. & DEL SOLAR, A. & GONZALEZ-PESTANA, A. & ACUNA-PERALES, N. & COASACA, J. & CORDOVA-ZAVALETA, F. & ALFARO-SHIGUETO, J. & MANGEL, J.C. (2018) Isotopic niches of four commercially important pelagic elasmobranch species captured by the small-scale driftnet fishery of northern Peru. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 46 (2): 482-488  http://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol46-issue2-fulltext-24
AMBILY, M.N. & ZACHARIA, P.U. & NAJMUDEEN, T.M. & AMBILY, L. & SUNIL, K.T.S. & RADHAKRISHNAN , M. & KISHOR, T.G. (2018) First Record of African Angel Shark, Squatina africana (Chondricthyes: Squatinidae) in Indian Waters, Confirmed by DNA Barcoding. Journal of Ichthyology, 58 (3): 312-317  http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0032945218030013
ANDRZEJACZEK, S. & GLEISS, A.C. & JORDAN, L.K.B. & PATTIARATCHI, C.B. & HOWEY, L.A. & BROOKS, E.J. & MEEKAN, M.G. (2018) Temperature and the vertical movements of oceanic whitetip sharks, Carcharhinus longimanus. Scientific Reports, 8: 8351  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26485-3
BAILLEUL, D. & MACKENZIE, A. & SACCHI, O. & POISSON, F. & BIERNE, N. & ARNAUD-HAOND, S. (2018) Large-scale genetic panmixia in the blue shark (Prionace glauca): A single worldwide population, or a genetic lag-time effect of the "grey zone" of differentiation? Evolutionary Applications, 11 (5): 614-630  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12591
BARCELOS, L.M.D. & AZEVED, J.M.N. & POLLERSPÖCK, J. &, BARREIROS, J.P. (2018) Review of the records of the smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Odontaspididae), in the Azores. Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, 48 (2): 189–194  http://dx.doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02436
BARONE, M. & SERENA, F. & DIMECH, M. (2018) Species Photographic Plates. Mediterranean Sharks. FAO, 2018, Rome, Italy. 
BELLONO, N.W. & LEITCH, D.B. & JULIUS, D. (2018) Molecular tuning of electroreception in sharks and skates. Nature, 558 (7708): 122-+  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0160-9
BHAGYALEKSHMI, V. & BIJU KUMAR, A. (2017) Variable torpedo ray Torpedo sinuspersici Olfers, 1831 with fully developed foetus caught in shore seine operated from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Journal of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, 5: 210-212 
BISCOITO, M. & RIBEIRO, C. & FREITAS, M. (2018) Annotated checklist of the fishes of the archipelago of Madeira (NE Atlantic): I—Chondrichthyes. Zootaxa, 4429 (3): 459-494  http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4429.3.2
BITON-PORSMOGUER, S. (2018) Intensive exploitation of blue shark Prionace glauca and shortfin mako Isurus oxyrinchus: Analysis of the fisheries in the North-eastern Atlantic Ocean from 2001 to 2016. Revista De Biologia Marina Y Oceanografia, 53 (1): 27-38 
CARLUCCI, R. &  BANDELJ, V. & RICCI, P. & CAPEZZUTO, F. & SION, L. & MAIORANO, P. & TURSI, A. & SOLIDORO, C. & LIBRALATO, S. (2018) Exploring spatio-temporal changes in the demersal and benthopelagic assemblages of the north-western Ionian Sea (central Mediterranean Sea), Marine Ecology Progress Series, 598:1-19  http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12613
CHAKRABORTY, K. & JOSEPH, D. (2018) Preparation and Physicochemical Attributes of Refined Liver Oil from Deep-Sea Dogfish. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, 95 (5): 591-605  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aocs.12055
CHARVET, P. & SANTANA, F.M. & DE LIMA, K.L. & LESSA, R. (2018) Age and growth of the endemic Xingu River stingray Potamotrygon leopoldi validated using fluorescent dyes. Journal of Fish Biology, 92 (6): 1985-1999  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13635
CLUA, E. (2018) Managing bite risk for divers in the context of shark feeding ecotourism: A case study from French Polynesia (Eastern Pacific). Tourism Management, 68: 275-283  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.03.022
COPPING, J.P. & STEWART, B.D. & MCCLEAN, C.J. & HANCOCK, J. & REES, R. (2018) Does bathymetry drive coastal whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aggregations?. PeerJ, 6: e4904  http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4904
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
DILL, J.A. & CAMUS, A.C. & LEARY, J.H. & NG, T.F.F. (2018) Microscopic and Molecular Evidence of the First Elasmobranch Adomavirus, the Cause of Skin Disease in a Giant Guitarfish, Rhynchobatus djiddensis. mBio, 9 (3): e00185-18  http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00185-18
DOMINGUES, R.R. & HILSDORF, A.W.S. & GADIG, O.B.F. (2018) The importance of considering genetic diversity in shark and ray conservation policies. Conservation Genetics, 19 (3): 501-525  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-017-1038-3
DORES, R.M. & SCUBA-GRAY, M. & MCNALLY, B. & DAVIS, P. & TAKAHASHI, A. (2018) Evaluating the interactions between red stingray (Dasyatis akajei) melanocortin receptors and elephant shark (Callorhinchus milii) MRAP1 and MRAP2 following stimulation with either stingray ACTH(1-24) or stingray Des-Acetyl-αMSH: A pharmacological study in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells. General and Comparative Endocrinology, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.02.018
ELLIS, J.R. & BURT, G.J. & GRILLI, G. & PHILLIPS, S.R.M. & CATCHPOLE, T.L. & MAXWELL, D.L. (2018) At-vessel mortality of skates (Rajidae) taken in coastal fisheries and evidence of longer-term survival. Journal of Fish Biology, 92 (6): 1702-1719  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13597
FAGANELI, J. & FALNOGA, I. & HORVAT, M. & KLUN, K. & LIPEJ, L. & MAZEJ, D. (2018) Selenium and Mercury Interactions in Apex Predators from the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea). Nutrients, 10 (3): 278  http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10030278
GAUBE, P. & BRAUN, C.D. & LAWSON, G.L. & MCGILLICUDDY, D.J. & DELLA PENNA, A. & SKOMAL, G.B. & FISCHER, C. & THORROLD, S.R. (2018) Mesoscale eddies influence the movements of mature female white sharks in the Gulf Stream and Sargasso Sea. Scientific Reports, 8: 7363  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25565-8
GIGLIO, G. & MARZULLO, A. & CALIMERI, F. & CAUTERUCCIO, F. & IANNI, G. & MICARELLI, P. & ROMANO, C. & SPERONE, E. & TRIPEPI, S. & TERRACINA, G. (2018) Individual identification of sharks through dorsal fin: a new approach thanks to advances in computer science. Poster Abstract. Sharks International, João Pessoa, Brazil 2018 
HARA, K. & FURUMITSU, K. & YAMAGUCHI, A. (2018) Dietary habits of the polkadot skate Dipturus chinensis in the East China Sea. Ichthyological Research, 65 (3): 363-373  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10228-018-0622-y
HAULSEE, D.E. & BREECE, M.W. & BROWN, L.M. & WETHERBEE, B.M. & FOX, D.A. & OLIVER, M.J. (2018) Spatial ecology of Carcharias taurus in the northwestern Mid-Atlantic coastal ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 597: 191-206  http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12592
HUVENEERS, C. & WATANABE, Y.Y. & PAYNE, N.L. & SEMMENS, J.M. (2018) Interacting with wildlife tourism increases activity of white sharks. Conservation Physiology, 6 (1): coy019  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy019
JAGT, J.W.M. & JAGT-YAZYKOVA, E. (2018) SHARK – the How and Why of an Exhibit. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, 3: 261-279 
JAGT, J.W.M. & MEEUWSEN, E. (2017) Haaien en roggen voor het voetlicht. GEA, 2017 (4): 107-112 
KOCK, A.A. & PHOTOPOULOU, T. & DURBACH, I. & MAUFF, K. & MEYER, M. & KOTZE, D. & GRIFFITHS, C.L. & O'RIAIN, M.J. (2018) Summer at the beach: spatio-temporal patterns of white shark occurrence along the inshore areas of False Bay, South Africa. Movement Ecology, 6: 7  http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-018-0125-5
KOEHLER, L. (2018) New records of angular rough sharks Oxynotus centrina in the coastal waters of Malta, with observations on post-capture resilience and release behaviour. Journal of Fish Biology, 92 (6): 2039-2044  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13641
LAUBENSTEIN, T.D. (2018) CSI shark edition: revealing illegal trade with DNA. Conservation Physiology, 6 (1): coy022  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy022
LI, Z.T. & TAN, C.M. & TIO, W. & ANG, J. & SUN, D.D. (2018) Manta ray gill inspired radially distributed nanofibrous membrane for efficient and continuous oil-water separation. Environmental Science-Nano, 5 (6): 1466-1472  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8en00258d
LOPES, A.R. & SAMPAIO, E. & SANTOS, C. & COUTO, A. & PEGADO, M.R. & DINIZ, M. &
MUNDAY, P.L. & RUMMER, J.L. & ROSA, R. (2018) 
Absence of cellular damage in tropical newly hatched sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) under ocean acidification conditions. Cell Stress and Chaperones, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12192-018-0892-3
LORENZALE, M. & LÓPEZ-UNZU, M.A. & RODRÍGUEZ, C. & FERNÁNDEZ, B. & DURÁN,
A.C. & SANS-COMA, V. (2018) 
The anatomical components of the cardiac outflow tract of chondrichthyans and actinopterygians. Biological Reviews, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12411
MARTINS, C.L. & WALKER, T.I. & REINA, R.D. (2018) Stress-related physiological changes and post-release survival of elephant fish (Callorhinchus milii) after longlining, gillnetting, angling and handling in a controlled setting. Fisheries Research, 204: 116-124  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.01.016
MOREIRA, R.A. & GOMES, U.L. & DE CARVALHO, M.R. (2018) Systematic implications of the caudal fin skeletal anatomy in ground sharks, order Carcharhiniformes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zly038  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly038
NATANSON, L.J. & SKOMAL, G.B. & HOFFMANN, S.L. & PORTER, M.E. & GOLDMAN, K.J. & SERRA, D. (2018) Age and growth of sharks: do vertebral band pairs record age? Marine and Freshwater Research, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF17279
PAEZ-ROSAS, D. & INSUASTI-ZARATE, P. & RIOFRIO-LAZO, M. & GALVAN-MAGANA, F. (2018) Feeding behavior and trophic interaction of three shark species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. PeerJ, 6: e4818  http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4818
PAPASTAMATIOU, Y.P. & BODEY, T.W. & FRIEDLANDER, A.M. & LOWE, C.G. & BRADLEY, D. & WENG, K. & PRIESTLEY, V. & CASELLE, J.E. (2018) Spatial separation without territoriality in shark communities. Oikos, 127 (6): 767-779  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.04289
PINAULT, M. & GUIMARAES, C. & COUTHON, H. & THIBONNET, J. & FONTAINE, D. & CHANTÔME, A. & CHEVALIER, S. & BESSON, P. & JAFFRÈS, P.A. & VANDIER, C. (2018) Synthesis of Alkyl-Glycerolipids Standards for Gas Chromatography Analysis: Application for Chimera and Shark Liver Oils. Marine Drugs, 16 (4): 101  http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md16040101
QUAECK-DAVIES, K. & BENDALL, V.A. & MACKENZIE, K.M. & HETHERINGTON, S. & NEWTON, J. & TRUEMAN, C.N. (2018) Teleost and elasmobranch eye lenses as a target for life-history stable isotope analyses. PeerJ, 6: e4883  http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4883
QUIGLEY, D.T.G. & DE CARLOS, A. & BARROS-GARCIA, D. & MACGABHANN, D. (2018) Albinism and leucism in Blonde Rays (Raja brachyura Lafont, 1871) (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea) from the Irish Sea. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, 38 (2): 79-88 
RASTGOO, A.R. & NAVARRO, J. & VALINASSAB, T. (2018) Comparative diets of sympatric batoid elasmobranchs in the Gulf of Oman. Aquatic Biology, 27: 35-41  http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00694
REYES-RAMIREZ, H. & ALVAREZ-PLIEGO, N. & SANCHEZ, A.J. & ESPINOSA-PEREZ, H. & FLORIDO, R. & SALCEDO, M.A. (2018) Limnetic records of Hypanus sabinus (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in the Grijalva river basin, southern Gulf of Mexico. Revista De Biologia Marina Y Oceanografia, 53 (1): 141-145 
SANTOS, C.C. & COELHO, R. (2018) Migrations and habitat use of the smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena) in the Atlantic Ocean. PLoS ONE, 13 (6): e0198664  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198664
SARMIENTO-CAMACHO, S. & VALDEZ-MORENO, M. (2018) DNA barcode identification of commercial fish sold in Mexican markets. Genome, 61 (6): 457-466  http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/gen-2017-0222
SEN, S. & CHAKRABORTY, S.K. & ELAYAPERUMAL, V. & ZACHARIA, P.U. & JAISWAR, A.K. & DASH, G. & KIZHAKUDAN, S.J. & BHARADIYA, S.A. & GOHEL, J.K. (2018) Reproductive strategy of milk shark, Rhizoprionodon acutus (Ruppell 1837), along north-eastern Arabian Sea. Ichthyological Research, 65 (3): 324-333  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10228-018-0627-6
SHIPLEY, O.N. & BROWNSCOMBE, J.W. & DANYLCHUK, A.J. & COOKE, S.J. & O'SHEA, O.R. & BROOKS, E.J. (2018) Fine-scale movement and activity patterns of Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) in the Bahamas. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101 (7): 1097-1104  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10641-017-0656-4
SILVA, A.S. & GROZ, M.P. & LEANDRO, P. & ASSIS, C.A. & FIGUEIRA, R. (2018) Ichthyological collection of the Museu Oceanografico D. Carlos I. Zookeys (752): 137-148  http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.752.20086
SOUSA, I. & GONCALVES, J.M.S. & CLAUDET, J. & COELHO, R. & GONCALVES, E.J. & ERZINI, K. (2018) Soft-bottom fishes and spatial protection: findings from a temperate marine protected area. PeerJ, 6: e4653  http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4653
STEWART, J.D. & NUTTALL, M. & HICKERSON, E.L. & JOHNSTON, M.A. (2018) Important juvenile manta ray habitat at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology, 165 (7): 111  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3364-5
SUN, H.Y. & CAO, X.H. & JIANG, Y.F. & NI, L.Y. & MO, Z.Q. & QIN, Q.W. & LI, Y.W. & DAN, X.M. (2018) Outbreak of a novel disease associated with Citrobacter freundii infection in freshwater cultured stingray, Potamotrygon motoro. Aquaculture, 492): 35-39  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.03.058
VIERUS, T. & GEHRIG, S. & BRUNNSCHWEILER, J.M. & GLAUS, K. & ZIMMER, M. & MARIE, A.D. & RICO, C. (2018) Discovery of a multispecies shark aggregation and parturition area in the Ba Estuary, Fiji Islands. Ecology and Evolution, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4230
WOSNICK, N. & RANGEL, B.S. & AFONSO, A.S. & BORNATOWSKI, H. & HAZIN, F.H.V. & MOREIRA, R.G. & FREIRE, C.A. (2018) Hormones and migration in tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier): can they be related? Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 24 (1): 9-14 
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ZHANG, X. & XIA, K. & LIN, L. & ZHANG, F.M. & YU, Y.L. & ST ANGE, K. & HAN, X.R. & EDSINGER, E. & SOHN, J. & LINHARDT, R.J. (2018) Structural and Functional Components of the Skate Sensory Organ Ampullae of Lorenzini. ACS Chemical Biology, 13 (6): 1677-1685  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.8b00335
ZIEGLER, J.A. & SILBERG, J.N. & ARAUJO, G. & LABAJA, J. & PONZO, A. & ROLLINS, R. & DEARDEN, P. (2018) A guilty pleasure: Tourist perspectives on the ethics of feeding whale sharks in Oslob, Philippines. Tourism Management, 68: 264-274  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.04.001


 
 
Extinct Chondrichthyes:
BERNÁRDEZ, E. (2018) Truyolsodontos estauni n. gen., n. sp., Truyolsodontidae, a new family of lamniform sharks from the Cenomanian of northern Spain. Annales de Paléontologie, in press  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annpal.2018.05.002
ITANO, W.M. & LAMBERT, L.L. (2018) A new cochliodont anterior tooth plate from the Mississippian of Alabama (USA) having implications for the origin of tooth plates from tooth files. Zoological Letters, 4: 12   http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-018-0097-8
RAZAK, H. & KOCSIS, L. (2018) Late Miocene Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon from Brunei Darussalam: Body length estimation and habitat reconstruction. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 288 (3): 299-306  http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2018/0743
ŠOSTER, A. & PAVŠIÄŒ, J. & MIKUŽ, V. (2018) Ostanek morskega psa iz spodnjeoligocenskih plasti Poljšice [The shark remain from the Early Oligocene beds of Poljšica, Slovenia] Folia Biologica et Geologica, 59 (1): 83–88  http://dx.doi.org/10.3986/fbg0034
      
        

Parasites:
FRANZESE, S. & IVANOV, V.A. (2018) Hyperapolytic species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from batoids off Argentina. Parasitology International, 67 (4): 431-443  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.04.001
 
 

MISCELLANEOUS:


Secret to whale shark hotspots

Date:  June 8, 2018
Source: University of York
Summary: A study has uncovered the secret to why endangered whale sharks gather on mass at just a handful of locations around the world.

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World's first known manta ray nursery

Date: June 19, 2018
Source: University of California - San Diego
Summary: Located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas at NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, the juvenile manta ray habitat is the first of its kind to be described in a scientific study.

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Great white sharks dive deep into warm-water whirlpools in the Atlantic

Date: June 18, 2018
Source: University of Washington
Summary: Tracking data from two great white sharks reveals that they spend more time deep inside warm-water eddies, suggesting that's where they like to feed.

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