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 amazing variety of sharks, rays and chimaeras. This comprehensive and easy-to-use field guide covers all 146 species found in the Mediterranean, the waters of the European Atlantic and Iceland, along all the Scandinavian coasts, in the Black Sea and as far south as the Canary Islands. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, habitat, biology and status. Every species account comes with a colour distribution map, a depth guide, at-a-glance icons and colour illustrations. This must-have field guide also features illustrated key guides that enable you to accurately identify down to species, comparison plates of similar species, illustrations of eggcases where known and plates of teeth. The first field guide to cover all 146 species Features hundreds of colour illustrations, photos, maps and diagrams Describes key features, habitat, biology and status Includes depth guides, at-a-glance icons, key guides and teeth plates
Author(s): David A. Ebert; Marc Dando
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 384
City: Princeton
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
European Seas – biodiversity
European Seas – habitats
• Conservation and management by Ali Hood, The Shark Trust
• How to use this book
Topography
Tooth types and tooth counts
• Cartilaginous fishes dentition guide
• Cartilaginous fishes eggcase guide
• Cartilaginous fishes key guide
• CHIMAERAS CHIMAERIFORMES
Chimaera families key guide
Chimaera species eggcase guide
Short-nosed chimaeras Chimaeridae
Short-nosed chimaera species key guide
Long-nosed chimaeras Rhinochimaeridae
Long-nosed chimaera species key guide
• SKATES AND RAYS BATOIDEA
Skates and rays key guide
• Skates Rajiformes
Skates key guide
Softnose skates Arhynchobatidae
Bathyraja species key guide
Hardnose skates Rajidae
Skate genera key guide
Skate species eggcase guide
Inshore skate species comparison
Offshore skate species comparison
Deepsea skate species comparison
Amblyraja species key guide
Dipturus species key guide
Leucoraja species key guide
Malacoraja species key guide
Neoraja species key guide
Raja species key guide
Rajella species key guide
• STINGRAYS AND RELATED SPECIES MYLIOBATIFORMES
Stingrays and related families key guide
Stingrays Dasyatidae
Stingray species key guide
Butterfly rays Gymnuridae
Eagle, cownose and mobulid ray species key guide
Eagle rays Myliobatidae
Cownose rays Rhinopteridae
Mobulid rays Mobulidae
• Electric rays Torpediniformes
Torpedo rays Torpedinidae
Torpedo ray species key guide
• Rhino rays Rhinopristiformes
Sawfishes Pristidae
Sawfish species key guide
Guitarfishes Rhinobatidae
Guitarfish species key guide
Giant guitarfishes Glaucostegidae
Comparison of shark-like rays and ray-like sharks
• SHARKS SELACHIMORPHA
Shark orders key guide
• Cow and frilled sharks Hexanchiformes
Cow sharks Hexanchidae
Frilled sharks Chlamydoselachidae
Cow and frilled shark species key guide
Cow and frilled shark species dentition guide
• Bramble sharks Echinorhiniformes/Echinorhinidae
• Dogfish sharks and related species Squaliformes
Dogfish sharks and related families key guide
Dogfish sharks Squalidae
Dogfish shark species key guide
Dogfish shark similar species comparison
Dogfish shark species dentition guide
Gulper sharks Centrophoridae
Gulper shark species key guide
Gulper shark species dentition guide
Lanternsharks Etmopteridae
Lanternshark species key guide
Lanternshark species dentition guide
Deepsea spined shark species comparison
Sleeper sharks Somniosidae
Sleeper shark species key guide
Sleeper shark species dentition guide
Roughsharks Oxynotidae
Roughshark species key guide and dentition guide
Kitefin sharks Dalatidae
Kitefin shark species dentition guide
Kitefin shark species key guide
• Angelsharks Squatiniformes/Squatinidae
Angelshark species key guide
Angelshark species dentition guide
• Carpetsharks Orectolobiformes
Nurse sharks Ginglymostomatidae
Whale sharks Rhincodontidae
Carpetshark species key guide
Carpetshark species dentition guide
• Mackerel sharks Lamniformes
Mackerel shark families key guide
Sandtiger sharks Carchariidae and Odontaspididae
Goblin sharks Mitsukurinidae
Sandtiger and goblin shark species dentition guide
Thresher sharks Alopiidae
Thresher shark species dentition guide
Basking sharks Cetorhinidae
Mackerel sharks Lamnidae
Mackerel shark species key guide
Mackerel shark species dentition guide
Large shark species comparison
• Ground sharks Carcharhiniformes
Ground shark families key guide
Catsharks Pentanchidae and Scyliorhinidae
Catshark genera key guide
Catshark species eggcase guide
Catshark species dentition guide
Demon catshark species key guide
Sawtail catshark species key guide
Scyliorhinus species key guide
False catsharks Pseudotriakidae
Deepsea ‘catshark’ species comparison
Houndsharks Triakidae
Houndshark species key guide
Houndshark species dentition guide
Requiem sharks Carcharhinidae
Requiem shark genera key guide
Requiem shark species dentition guide
Carcharhinus species key guide
Carcharhinus species comparison
Hammerhead sharks Sphyrnidae
Hammerhead shark species key guide
Hammerhead shark species dentition guide
• Vagrants
• Appendices
Glossary
Regional oceans and seas
Field observations
Regional shark fin guide
• Image credits
• Index
Appendix - 1
Appendix - 2
Appendix - 3
Appendix - 4
