Complete mitochondrial genome of the gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 We report the first mitochondrial genome sequences for the gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos. Two specimens from the British Indian Ocean Territory were sequenced independently using two different next generation sequencing methods, namely ...
Nicholas Dunn +7 more
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FishesThe speckled smooth-hound Mustelus mento is an endemic coastal shark from the southeastern Pacific, currently listed as “Critically Endangered” due to intense fishing pressure and the absence of species-specific management across its distribution range ...
Krishna Tapia +4 more
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Phylogenetic relationship of catshark species of the genus Scyliorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) based on comparative morphology [PDF]
Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2020 The genus Scyliorhinus is part of the family Scyliorhinidae, the most diverse family of sharks and of the subfamily Scyliorhininae along with Cephaloscyllium and Poroderma.
Karla D. A. Soares +1 more
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New distributional and morphological data of two species of catsharks, genus Scyliorhinus Blainville, 1816 (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae), from the western South Atlantic [PDF]
Check List, 2020 This study provides new distributional and morphological information for two recently described species of catsharks (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from Brazil.
Stephani M. Lopes +3 more
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The biology and ecology of the Pacific sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon longurio
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Amidst global declines in elasmobranch populations resulting predominantly from overfishing, the need to gather data regarding shark ecology is greater than ever.
Joel H. Gayford, Darren A. Whitehead
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Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The Urumaco stratigraphic sequence, western Venezuela, preserves a variety of paleoenvironments that include terrestrial, riverine, lacustrine and marine facies.
Jorge D Carrillo-Briceño +4 more
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New host and ocean records for Driocephalus cerebrinoxius (Sphyriidae, Siphonostomatoida) and a reconsideration of phylogeny within Sphyriidae. [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2006 Background. Driocephalus cerebrinoxius is an unusual representative of an unusual family of parasitic copepods (Sphyriidae, Siphonostomatoida, Copepoda). This report documents new host and ocean records for D. cerebrinoxius and considers the phylogenetic
G.W. Benz +4 more
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Parasite, 2019 Recent examinations of camallanid nematodes (Camallanidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, collected in the years 2003–2011, revealed the presence of the following five new species of Procamallanus Baylis, 1923, all belonging to the subgenus ...
Moravec František, Justine Jean-Lou
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Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, 2023 El tiburón limón es una especie confirmada en la plataforma continental del Caribe colombiano; sin embargo, solo se ha registrado en una ocasión en la bahía de Neguanje, departamento del Magdalena.
Oscar Forero-Bastidas +7 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018 We present the complete mitochondrial genome of the common smoothhound , Mustelus mustelus,which is 16,755 bp long, contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and non-coding control region.
Kelvin L. Hull +2 more
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