March 11th, 2016

A complete protocol for the preparation of chondrichthyan skeletal specimens

A complete protocol for the preparation of chondrichthyan skeletal specimens

Published online on 09. March 2016 A complete protocol for the preparation of chondrichthyan skeletal specimens S. Enault, C. Auclair, S. Adnet, M. Debiais-Thibaud ABSTRACT: The skeleton of cartilaginous fishes is notoriously difficult to prepare, and the literature dealing with the subject is extremely rare compared to other vertebrate groups. As a result, chondrichthyan skeletal

Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex with the description of three new species

Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex with the description of three new species

Published on 23. February 2016 Taxonomic status of maskrays of the Neotrygon kuhlii species complex (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) with the description of three new species from the Indo-West Pacific Peter R. Last, William T. White, Bernard Séret ABSTRACT: The bluespotted maskray, Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841), once thought to be widely distributed in the Indo-West