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Shedding light on the Holocephali taxonomy, the mitogenome of Chimaera opalescens [PDF]
Cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), i.e. sharks, rays, and chimaeras, are extremely interesting from a biological perspective as they represent one of the oldest and most ecologically diverse groups of jawed vertebrates.
Baldó, F. (Francisco) +9 more
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Increased signal of fishing pressure on community life‐history traits at larger spatial scales
Abstract Aim Human pressure in the oceans is pervasive and affects marine life. Understanding species' differing responses to human pressure, and how human pressure compares to other environmental variables in shaping marine communities is needed to facilitate the sustainable management of the seas.
Caroline M. McKeon +4 more
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The San Matías Gulf (SMG; 41°- 42° S; 64°- 65° W) is the largest gulf in Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Up to date, the chondrichthyan fauna of this area has not been reported.
María R PERIER +5 more
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ESTE ES EL PRIMER REGISTRO DE LA QUIMERA NARIZONA, HARRIOTA RALEIGHIANA GOODE Y BEAN 1895, EN EL LITORAL DEL PACÍFICO CENTRAL DE MÉXICO, CON BASE EN UNA HEMBRA MORIBUNDA, RECOLECTADA EN LA SUPERFICIE DEL OCÉANO SOBRE AGUA MUY PROFUNDA CERCA DE ...
MA. DEL CARMEN JIMÉNEZ QUIROZ +3 more
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Darwin, Haeckel, and the “Mikluskan gas organ theory”
Abstract A previously unknown reference to the Russian ethnologist, biologist, and traveler Nikolai N. Miklucho‐Maclay (1846–1888) was discovered in correspondence between Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919). This reference has remained unknown to science, even to Miklucho‐Maclay's biographers, probably because Darwin used the ...
Ingmar Werneburg +2 more
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Chondrichthyes, which include Elasmobranchii (sharks and batoids) and Holocephali (chimaeras), are a relatively small group in the Mediterranean Sea (89 species) playing a key role in the ecosystems where they are found.
María José Meléndez +6 more
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First Record of Chimaeroid Fish (Holocephali: ’Edaphodontidae’) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Middle Volga Region [PDF]
The record of a mandibular tooth plate of the chimaeroid fish Ischyodus sp. from the Lower Cretaceous deposits of the north of the Saratov Volga River Right Bank is described. The presumed age of the find is the Lower Aptian.
Popov, Evgeniy Valerievich +1 more
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Abstract There is growing concern over the conservation status of sharks and relatives exposed to fishing mortality. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1999 adopted the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (IPOA), which provides nations with advice on adopting and implementing national ...
Eric Gilman +5 more
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The current status of the Adriatic sea fish biodiversity
The marine biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea is nowadays facing substantial structural changes in flora and fauna. Such changes were observed in the Adriatic Sea as well.
Jakov Dulčić, Lovrenc Lipej
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BackgroundThe relationships of cartilaginous fishes are discussed in the light of well preserved three-dimensional Paleozoic specimens. There is no consensus to date on the interrelationship of Paleozoic chondrichthyans, although three main phylogenetic ...
Alan Pradel +3 more
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