Bibliographies of Elasmobranch Species (in progress)

• Bat ray, Myliobatis californica (Gill 1865)

• Basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus  (Gunnerus, 1765)

• Blue shark, Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Catshark, brown Apristurus brunneus (Gilbert, 1892)

• Catshark, filetail Parmaturus xaniurus (Gilbert, 1892)

• Chimaera

• Dogfish, spiny Squalus acanthias (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata  Girard, 1854

• Horn shark, Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1854)

• Oceanic whitetip shark, Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)

• Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus  Bigelow and Schroeder, 1944

• Pelagic stingray, Dasyatis (Pteroplatytrygon) violacea  (Bonaparte, 1832).

• Prickly shark, Echinorhinus cookei  Pietschmann, 1928

• Sandtiger shark, Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810).

• Sevengill Shark,Notorynchus cepedianus  (Peron, 1807)

• Shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus  Rafinesque, 1810

• Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus griseus  (Bonnaterre, 1788)

• Smoothhound, brown Mustelus henlei (Gill, 1863)

• Smoothhound, gray Mustelus californicus  Gill, 1864

• Soupfin shark, Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Swell shark, Cephaloscyllium ventriosum (Garman, 1880)

• Thresher shark, (common) Alopius vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

• Thresher shark, bigeye Alopius supersiliosus  (Lowe, 1839)

• Thresher shark, pelagic Alopias pelagicus Nakamura, 1935.

• Whale Shark, Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828

• White shark, (great) Carcharodon carcharias  (Linnaeus, 1758).

Created May 2002, updated November 2008.

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