Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity

S Weigmann - Journal of Fish Biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, batoids and chimaeras) of the
world is presented. As of 7 November 2015, the number of species totals 1188, comprising …

Species diversity, taxonomy and distribution of Chondrichthyes in the Mediterranean and Black Sea

F Serena, AJ Abella, F Bargnesi, M Barone… - The European …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Species diversity assessments are an important step to evaluate the conservation status of a
community, both in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. These assessments are pivotal if …

Challenges in avoiding deep-water shark bycatch in Azorean hook-and-line fisheries

L Fauconnet, D Catarino, D Das… - ICES Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Deep-water sharks are highly diverse, vulnerable, and understudied as a group, despite the
increasing pressures on their populations. Twenty-five species of deep-water sharks have …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating artisanal fishing of globally threatened sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh

AB Haque, RD Cavanagh, N Seddon - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Sharks and rays are at risk of extinction globally. This reflects low resilience to increasing
fishing pressure, exacerbated by habitat loss, climate change, increasing value in a trade …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the conservation of Mediterranean chondrichthyans: the ELASMOMED DNA barcode reference library

A Cariani, S Messinetti, A Ferrari, M Arculeo… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Cartilaginous fish are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic stressors and environmental
change because of their K-selected reproductive strategy. Accurate data from scientific …

Call me by my name: unravelling the taxonomy of the gulper shark genus Centrophorus in the Mediterranean Sea through an integrated taxonomic approach

A Bellodi, A Benvenuto, R Melis, A Mulas… - Zoological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The current shift of fishery efforts towards the deep sea is raising concern about the
vulnerability of deep-water sharks, which are often poorly studied and characterized by …

DNA barcoding reveals species composition of sharks and rays in the Indian commercial fishery

KK Bineesh, A Gopalakrishnan, KV Akhilesh… - … Dna Part A, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
DNA barcoding was successfully used for the accurate identification of chondrichthyans in
the Indian commercial marine fishery. About 528 specimens of 111 chondrichthyan species …

[HTML][HTML] Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 3—Redescription of Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque) with a discussion of its …

WT White, J Guallart, DA Ebert, GJP Naylor… - Zootaxa, 2022 - biotaxa.org
Abstract Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque, 1810) has a complicated nomenclatural history
which has led to multiple scientific names being ascribed to this species. In the …

New insights into the identities of the elasmobranch fauna of Sri Lanka

D Fernando, RMK Bown, A Tanna, R Gobiraj, H Ralicki… - Zootaxa, 2019 - biotaxa.org
Identities of elasmobranchs from Sri Lanka encountered during collections conducted in an
intensive nine-day survey of fish markets and landing sites at 11 localities in the North …

A molecular approach towards taxonomic identification of elasmobranch species from Maltese fisheries landings

A Vella, N Vella, S Schembri - Marine Genomics, 2017 - Elsevier
The mitochondrial genome, through the application of DNA barcoding, provides a powerful
tool for identifying species even when specimens are either incomplete or belong to species …