An annotated checklist of the fish species of the Madagascar EEZ (southwestern Indian
Ocean) comprises a total of 1,798 species in 247 families. 158 species are recorded from …

Reproducing sharks must provide their offspring with an adequate supply of nutrients to
complete embryonic development. In oviparous (egg-laying) sharks, offspring develop …

Since its introduction, the Revised Paranormal Belief Scale (RPBS) has developed into a
principal measure of belief in the paranormal. Accordingly, the RPBS regularly appears …

A new deep-water catshark, Bythaelurus bachi, is described based on 44 specimens caught
on the southern Madagascar Ridge in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The new species is …

The table and provided download links below are intended for informational use in
Chondrichthyan research. The allocation aims for faciliating to find species numbers and …

A new deep-water catshark, Bythaelurus stewarti, is described based on 121 examined
specimens caught on the Error Seamount (Mount Error Guyot) in the northwestern Indian …

The presence of claspers is one of the main characteristics of the cartilaginous fishes, but its
variations across taxa have received limited use in shark systematics and have generally …

Abstract The Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT) is a single unifying theory which uses the
geometric constraints of fish gills to explain their growth, reproduction, and ecology. A major …

A new very small deep-water catshark, Bythaelurus vivaldii, is described based on two
female specimens caught off Somalia in the northwestern Indian Ocean during the …

We describe a new genus and species of extinct ground shark,† Diprosopovenator hilperti,
gen. et sp. nov.(Elasmobranchii, Carcharhiniformes), based on a single incomplete skeleton …