Published in November 2014 SHORT COMMUNICATION First record of mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) off the coast of La Media Guajira, Colombian Caribbean Paola Palacios-Barreto, Andrea Ramírez-Hernández, Oscar Uriel Mendoza-Vargas & Andrés F. Navia ABSTRACT: The occurrence of the shortfin mako Isurus oxyrinchus, caught by artisanal fishermen using a longline shark fishing, was recorded
Published on 04. December 2014 Oceanographic influences on a global whale shark hotspot in southern Mozambique Christoph A Rohner, Scarla J Weeks, Anthony J Richardson, Simon J Pierce, Marites M Magno-Canto, Gene Carl Feldman, Geremy Cliff, Michael J Roberts ABSTRACT: Coastal aggregations of whale sharks Rhincodon typus around the world are generally seasonal and driven
Published on 25. November 2014 New Molecular Tools for the Identification of 2 Endangered Smooth-Hound Sharks, Mustelus mustelus and Mustelus punctulatus Ilaria A. M. Marino, Emilio Riginella, Alessia Cariani, Fausto Tinti, Edward D. Farrell, Carlotta Mazzoldi, Lorenzo Zane ABSTRACT: The smooth-hounds represent a significant proportion of the elasmobranch catch in the Adriatic basin of the
Published on 24. November 2014 Long-term body pigmentation changes on a manta ray (Mobulidae) Csilla Ari ABSTRACT: Manta rays (genus Manta) are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List based partly on population studies that use body coloration and ventral spot patterns to identify and count individuals, as a result of such patterns being
Published on 21. November 2014 Arctic skate Amblyraja hyperborea preys on remarkably large glacial eelpouts Lycodes frigidus I. Byrkjedal, J. S. Christiansen, O. V. Karamushko, G. Langhelle, A. Lynghammar ABSTRACT: During scientific surveys on the continental slopes north-west of Spitsbergen and off north-east Greenland (c. 600 and 1000 m depths), two female Arctic skates Amblyraja hyperborea
Published on 16. November 2014 Residency patterns and movements of grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) in semi-isolated coral reef habitats Mario Espinoza, Michelle. R. Heupel, Andrew J. Tobin, Colin A. Simpfendorfer ABSTRACT: The degree of reef isolation may limit the frequency of long-range dispersals in reef-associated sharks. Therefore, understanding how the behaviour and spatial ecology
Published on 26. November 2014 Ontogenetic migration of a female scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini in the Gulf of California E Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, James T Ketchum, A Peter Klimley, Felipe Galván-Magaña ABSTRACT: Background Little information exists on the vertical and horizontal movements of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini). Measurements of the sizes of juveniles
Published on 21. November 2014 Assessing the potential biases of ignoring sexual dimorphism and mating mechanism in using a single-sex demographic model: the shortfin mako shark as a case study Wen-Pei Tsai, Kwang-Ming Liu, André E. Punt, Chi-Lu Sun ABSTRACT: Most demographic models explicitly track the dynamics of a single sex. However, single-sex models may
Published on 19. November 2014 Mitogenomics of the Speartooth Shark challenges ten years of control region sequencing Pierre Feutry, Peter M Kyne, Richard D Pillans, Xiao Chen, Gavin JP Naylor, Peter M Grewe ABSTRACT (provisional) : BackgroundMitochondrial DNA markers have long been used to identify population boundaries and are now a standard tool in conservation
Published on 31. October 2014 First photographic records of the giant manta ray Manta birostris off eastern Australia Lydie I. E. Couturier, Fabrice R. A. Jaine, Tom Kashiwagi ABSTRACT: We present the first photographic evidence of the presence of the giant manta ray Manta birostris in east Australian waters. Two individuals were photographed off Montague
Published online on 30. October 2014 Stock assessment of sharks in the northern part (Iranian waters) of the Persian Gulf Nassir Niamaimandi, Toraj Valinassab, Gholam-Abbas Zarshenas ABSTRACT: This study was analyzed the annual catch and trawl survey data of sharks in the northern part of the Persian Gulf (26˚30΄ to 30˚00΄N and 49˚00΄ to 56˚00΄E)
Published online on 12. November 2014 Species diversity of the deep-water gulper sharks (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae: Centrophorus) in North Atlantic waters – current status and taxonomic issues Ana Veríssimo, Charles F. Cotton, Robert H. Buch, Javier Guallart, George H. Burgess ABSTRACT: The gulper sharks (genus Centrophorus) are a group of deep-water benthopelagic sharks with a worldwide
Published online on 18. November 2014 Who let the dogfish out? A review of management and socio-economic aspects of spiny dogfish fisheries Andrea Dell’Apa, Charles W. Bangley, Roger A. Rulifson ABSTRACT: Multi-scaled integrated analysis across biological, economic, social, and political aspects of fisheries is needed to provide effective management strategies. These aspects are naturally conflicting
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Published online on 29. October 2014 Bathymetric limits of chondrichthyans in the deep sea: A re-evaluation J.A. Musick, C.F. Cotton ABSTRACT: Chondrichthyans are largely absent in abyssal (>3000 m) habitats in most regions of the world ocean and are uncommon below 2000 m. The deeper-living chondrichthyans include certain rajids, squaliforms and holocephalans. Several hypotheses have been erected