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 …

The basking shark Cetorhinus maximus is the world's second largest fish reaching lengths
up to 12 m and weighing up to 4 tonnes. It inhabits warm‐temperate to boreal waters …

The diversity of the marine Brazilian Chondrichthyes is focused in historical terms since the
beginning of the 20th century, by the analysis of the main publications produced in Brazil …

The Brazilian fish fauna is still poorly known with respect to its diversity and conservation
status, particularly of freshwater species. Human activities and population growth are rapidly …

Aos amigos pescadores da Prainha, em Itanhaém (SP), pela amizade, confiança, paciência
e grande ajuda nesses anos todos. Sem eles não haveria grande parte do material aqui …

Brazil comprises one of the world's biodiversity hotspots of the chondrichthyan fauna,
currently with 12 orders, 44 families, 90 genera and over 200 species of sharks, batoids, and …

The whalesucker Remora australis (Echeneidae) is an oceanic diskfish found attached to
cetaceans only and its habits are therefore poorly known. At the Fernando de Noronha …

Cookiecutter sharks are pelagic ectoparasites that feed on pieces of flesh from large marine
animals. Knowledge on these sharks is still rather scant, with the few existing works …

Apart from wet-collection specimens, shark and ray (Neoselachii) museum collection
specimens are often represented as articulated jaws or single teeth. In many cases, detailed …

The distribution of elasmobranchs in the bottom gillnet fishery of'Barra de Guaratiba'(RJ,
Brazil) was checked between March 1982 to May 1985. An amount of 892 specimens of 25 …