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Shark and ray diversity in the Tropical America (Neotropics)—an examination of environmental and historical factors affecting diversity [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
We present the first comprehensive review of the present and past shark and ray diversity in marine waters of Tropical America, examining the patterns of distribution in the Eastern Central Pacific (EP) and Western Central Atlantic (WA) realms.
Jorge Domingo Carrillo-Briceño, Juan D. Carrillo, Orangel Antonio Aguilera, Marcelo R. Sanchez-Villagra   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Comparative anatomy of the extraocular muscles in four Myliobatoidei rays (Batoidea, Myliobatiformes) [PDF]

Journal of Anatomy, 2016
AbstractExtraocular muscles are classically grouped as four rectus and two oblique muscles. However, their description and potential associations with species behavior are limited. The objective was to characterize extraocular muscles in four Myliobatoidei rays from diverse habitats with divergent behaviors.
Carlo M, Cunha, Luciano E, Oliveira, José R, Kfoury   +2 more
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Mosaic of plesiomorphic and derived characters in an Eocene myliobatiform batomorph (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from Italy defines a new, basal body plan in pelagic stingrays

Zoological Letters, 2019
Background End-Cretaceous niche-filling by benthic Mesozoic survivors resulted in a prominent increase of durophagous fish families, resulting in the appearance of the earliest representatives of several extant fish lineages, including the pelagic ...
Giuseppe Marramà, Giorgio Carnevale, Gavin J. P. Naylor, Jürgen Kriwet   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New record of Arabic whipray, Maculabatis arabica (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae), from the Persian Gulf off Iraq [PDF]

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2020
The first occurrence of Arabic whipray, Maculabatis arabica Manjaji-Matsumoto et Last, 2016, is reported from the Persian Gulf off Iraq. The sample was collected using a trawl net in March 2018.
A. Al-Faisal, F. Mutlak
doaj   +3 more sources

The fish community of the Paredes floodplain lake, Magdalena medio (Santander) and its association with spacio-temporal and environmental variables

Biota Colombiana, 2016
Between february and december of 2011 the fish communities of the ciénaga de Paredes, were studied by four samples in periods contrasting climates, station 1, corresponding to the inlet of the pipe Peruétano (BCP), station 2, Swamp Center (CC) and ...
Beatriz H. Mojica-Figueroa, John Jairo Díaz-Olarte   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Indo-Pacific Stingray Genus Brevitrygon (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae): Clarification of Historical Names and Description of a New Species, B. manjajiae sp. nov., from the Western Indian Ocean

Diversity, 2023
Members of the genus Brevitrygon are small, locally abundant tropical stingrays (family Dasyatidae) occurring in soft sedimentary habitats of inner continental shelves of the Indo-West Pacific from the Red Sea to Indonesia.
P. Last, Simon Weigmann, G. Naylor
semanticscholar   +1 more source

First record of the sicklefin devilray Mobula tarapacana (Myliobatiformes: Mobulidae) from Australian waters [PDF]

Zootaxa, 2016
The sicklefin devilray Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1892) is one of the largest and least known mobulids (Compagno & Last 1999; Couturier et al. 2012). Collections, fisheries bycatch data and visual records suggest it is primarily oceanic, with a circumglobal tropical and warm temperate distribution (Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 1987; Compagno & Last
Clinton A J, Duffy, Anton, Vogiatzis
openaire   +3 more sources

Neogene Caribbean elasmobranchs: diversity, paleoecology and paleoenvironmental significance of the Cocinetas Basin assemblage (Guajira Peninsula, Colombia) [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2019
The Cocinetas Basin is located on the eastern flank of the Guajira Peninsula, northern Colombia (southern Caribbean). During the late Oligocene through the Pliocene, much of the basin was submerged.
J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, Z. Luz, A. Hendy, L. Kocsis, O. Aguilera, T. Vennemann   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Linking rivers, mixing faunas: How artificial connectivity between the Middle and Upper Paraná River basins shapes fish diversity in a tributary of the Itaipu Reservoir, Brazil

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract This work aimed to investigate the distribution and occurrence of fish species along the São Francisco Falso Braço Norte (SFFBN) River basin, a tributary of the Middle Paraná River basin now artificially connected to the Upper Paraná ecoregion, to evaluate how such connectivity may affect the biogeographic distribution and regional composition
Lucas E. P. Kampfert, João C. Maicrovicz, Daniel R. Blanco, Denise Lange, Carla S. Pavanelli, Heleno Brandão   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidencia del máximo número de crías en la raya mariposa, Gymnura lessae (Myliobatiformes: Gymnuridae), en el Golfo de México

Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 2023
La raya mariposa menor Gymnura lessae es endémica del atlántico noroccidental, incluyendo al Golfo de México. Es una especie con dimorfismo sexual, vivípara y con un ciclo anual reproductivo.
Andy Alexander LARA-ALCANTARA, Oscar Méndez, L. F. Del Moral-Flores   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source