The most comprehensive reference guide to the world's sharks—now fully revised and
updated Sharks of the World is the essential illustrated guide for anyone interested in these …

This is an extensively rewritten, revised and updated version of the original FAO Catalogue
of Sharks of the World. The present volume reviews all 15 families, 25 genera and 57 …

This important and exciting title represents the first authoritative volume focussed on pelagic
(open ocean) sharks as a group. Virtually every pelagic shark expert in the world has …

Which species of sharks live within 500 nautical miles of North American shores, and what
do we know about them? José I. Castro's The Sharks of North America is the first …

This is the fourth in the FAO series of worldwide annotated and illustrated catalogues of
major groups of organisms that enter marine fisheries. The present volume includes 342 …

Sharks and their relatives, the rays and chimaeras, are the diverse group of cartilaginous
fishes that have evolved over 400 million years. Historically considered of low economic …

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives is an award-winning and groundbreaking exploration
of the fundamental elements of the taxonomy, systematics, physiology, and ecology of …

USING THIS GUIDE If you are diving and see a shark or ray that you cannot identify, make
notes on a slate or remember some of the key characteristics of the species in question …

Our purpose is to provide a useful field guide to the identification of all the sharks known to
occur in the vast seas of the eastern Pacific from Alaska to Cape Horn, and in the waters …

The definitive field guide to all the sharks, rays and chimaeras of the European Atlantic and
Mediterranean The waters of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea are home to an …