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The Australian Shark-Incident Database for quantifying temporal and spatial patterns of shark-human conflict

Scientific Data, 2022
Measurement(s) Shark bite incidents Technology Type(s) survey Factor Type(s) none Sample Characteristic - Organism Elasmobranchii Sample Characteristic - Environment ocean Sample Characteristic - Location ...
Madeline Riley, Phoebe Meagher, Charlie Huveneers, Jacob Leto, Victor M. Peddemors, David Slip, John West, Corey J. A. Bradshaw   +7 more
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MesopTroph, a database of trophic parameters to study interactions in mesopelagic food webs

Scientific Data, 2022
Measurement(s) Gastric Content • stable isotope analysis • major and trace elements • energy density • Fatty Acid • trophic position • Diet Technology Type(s) digital curation • digital curation Sample Characteristic - Organism Actinopteri • Mammalia ...
Mónica A. Silva, Catarina T. Fonseca, M. Pilar Olivar, Ainhoa Bernal, Jérôme Spitz, Tiphaine Chouvelon, Sigrún Jonasdottir, Ana Colaço, Vanda Carmo, Tracey Sutton, Gui Menezes, Tone Falkenhaug, Odd Aksel Bergstad, Sergi Pérez-Jorge   +13 more
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Squaloraja Riley 1833 (Holocephala: Squalorajidae) from the Lower Jurassic of Osteno Konservat-Lagerstätte (Como, NW Italy)

Natural History Sciences, 2023
A remarkable, complete specimen of a squalorajid holocephalian is described for the first time from the Lower Jurassic (lower Sinemurian) rocks of Osteno (Como, NW Italy).
Christopher J. Duffin, Alessandro Garassino, Giovanni Pasini   +2 more
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Characterization of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Genes From Cartilaginous Fish: Evolutionary Perspectives

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2018
The neuropeptide gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) plays an important role in the control of reproductive functions. Vertebrates possess multiple GnRH forms that are classified into three main groups, namely GnRH1, GnRH2, and GnRH3.
Anne-Laure Gaillard, Boon-Hui Tay, Daniela I. Pérez Sirkin, Anne-Gaëlle Lafont, Céline De Flori, Paula G. Vissio, Sylvie Mazan, Sylvie Dufour, Byrappa Venkatesh, Hervé Tostivint   +9 more
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Mineralization of the Callorhinchus Vertebral Column (Holocephali; Chondrichthyes)

Frontiers in Genetics, 2020
Members of the Chondrichthyes (Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) are distinguished by their largely cartilaginous endoskeletons, which comprise an uncalcified core overlain by a mineralized layer; in the Elasmobranchii (sharks, skates, rays) most of this ...
Jacob B. Pears, Zerina Johanson, Kate Trinajstic, Mason N. Dean, Catherine A. Boisvert   +4 more
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Beneath the surface: DNA barcoding of shark fins in Singapore

Royal Society Open Science
The global decline of shark populations, largely driven by overfishing to supply the shark fin trade, poses a significant threat to marine ecosystems. Southeast Asia, and particularly Singapore, is a key hub for the transit and trade of shark fins that ...
Manisha Saigal, Hannah Ng Shueh Yi, Nageen Ayesha Rameez, Siebe van Manen, Bui Tr Van Anh, Vidhi P. Arora, Kai Ding Max Han, Jenelle Qian Tong Lee, Adlan Syaddad, Claudia Kexin Tan, Elisa X. Y. Lim, Benjamin J. Wainwright   +11 more
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Fish remains from Miocene beds of Višnja vas near Vojnik, Slovenia

Geologija, 2013
This paper discusses fossil teeth of sharks (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) and porgies (Teleostei, Sparidae) fromthe Miocene glauconite sandstones of Vi{nja vas near Vojnik.
Aleš Šoster, Vasja MIkuž
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Review of the dental pattern in the squalomorph shark Protospinax annectans , and a description of two new Jurassic shark genera

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
The extinct elasmobranch Protospinax is an intriguing shark known mostly from isolated teeth and rare complete skeletons. Most previous studies focused on differences in isolated teeth for taxonomic assignments, with little to no considerations of dental
Arnaud Begat, Eduardo Villalobos-Segura, Patrick L. Jambura, Manuel A. Staggl, Stefanie Klug, Jürgen Kriwet   +5 more
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First record of Multicalyx cristata (Aspidocotylea) in Sphyrna lewini (Elasmobranchii) in the southern Gulf of Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2017
Three individuals of Multicalyx cristata (Aspidocotylea) were identified in the gallbladder of a hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini (Elasmobranchii), in Playa Chachalacas, Veracruz, Mexico. This report makes a significant contribution to our understanding
Oscar Méndez, Víctor M. Vidal-Martínez   +1 more
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Food and feeding habits of the blackspotted smooth-hound, Mustelus punctulatus (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), from the northern Adriatic [PDF]

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2011
Background. The blackspotted smooth-hound, Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1826, has been regularly caught in the northern Adriatic Sea, although a decreasing trend in its catches was observed off the coast of Slovenia within the last decade The knowledge of
L. Lipej, B. Mavriń, S. Rešek, M. Chérif, C. Capapé   +4 more
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