Further readings

Further readings

  1. Ali M.F. 2018. An updated Checklist of the Marine fishes from Syria with emphasis on alien species. Mediterranean Marine Science, 19(2), 388–393.
  2. Aschliman N.C., Nishida M., Inoue J.G., Rosana K.M., Naylor G.J.P. 2012. Body plan convergence in the evolution of skates and rays (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63,28-41.
  3. Baino R., Serena F., Ragonese S., Rey J., Rinelli P. 2001. Catch composition and abundance of elasmobranchs based on the MEDITS program. Rapp. CIESM. The Mediterranean Science Commission. 36:234. Available online (accessed on August 17, 2022).
  4. Başusta A., Başusta N., Sulikowski J.A., Driggers W.B., Demirhan S.A., Çiçek E. 2012. Length-weight relationships for nine species of batoids from the Iskenderun Bay, Turkey. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 28, 850–851.
  5. Biton-Porsmoguer S., Lloret J. 2020. Potential impacts of bottom trawling on species of skates (Rajiformes: Rajidae): The case of the Gulf of Cádiz and the Western Mediterranean. Cybium, 44(3), 255-263.
  6. Carluccio A., Capezzuto F., Maiorano P., Sion L., D’Onghia G. 2021. Deep-water cartilaginous fishes in the Central Mediterranean Sea: Comparison between geographic areas with two low impact tools for sampling. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9(7): 686.
  7. Carpentieri P., Nastasi A., Sessa M., Srour A. 2021. Incidental catch of vulnerable species in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries – A review. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. Studies and Reviews 101: I-317.
  8. Carrier JC., Musick JA., Heithaus MR. 2010. Sharks and Their Relatives II: Biodiversity, Adaptative Physiology, and Conservation. Boca Raton, London, New York, CRC Press, Taylor Francis Group.
  9. Carugati L., Melis R., Cariani A., Cau A., Crobe V., Ferrari A., Follesa M.C., Geraci M.L., Iglésias S.P., Pesci P., Tinti F., Cannas R. 2022. Combined COI barcode‐based methods to avoid mislabelling of threatened species of deep‐sea skates. Animal Conservation 25(1): 38-52.
  10. Douady CJ., Dosay M., Shivji MS., Stanhope MJ. 2003. Molecular phylogenetic evidence refuting the hypothesis of Batoidea (rays and skates) as derived sharks. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26, 215-221.
  11. Dulvy N.K., Davidson L.N.K., Kyne P.M., Simpfendorfer C.A., Harrison L.R., Carlson J.K., Fordham S.V. 2016. Ghosts of the coast: global extinction risk and conservation of sawfishes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26, 134-153.
  12. Ebert DA., Sthmann MFW. 2013. Sharks, batoids and Chimaeras of the North Atlantic. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 7. Food and Agricultural Organization.
  13. Ebert DA. 2015. Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 9. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Rome.
  14. Ebert DA. and M. Dando. 2021. Field Guide of Sharks, Rays, Chimaeras of Europe and the Mediterranean. Princeton University Press. 343 p.
  15. Eronat EGT, Özaydın, O., 2014. Length-weight relationship of cartilaginous fish species from Central Aegean Sea (Izmir Bay and Sığacık Bay). Ege J FishAqua Sci 31(3): 119-125.
  16. Faria VV, McDavitt MT., Charvet P., Wiley TR, Simpfendorfer CA, Naylor GJP. 2013. Species delineation and global population structure of Critically Endangered sawfishes (Pristidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167, 136-164.
  17. Ferretti F., Myers R.A., Sartor P., Serena F. (2005). Long term dynamics of the chondrichthyan fish community in the upper Tyrrhenian Sea. ICES CM 25: 1-34.
  18. Ferretti F., Osio G.C., Jenkins C.J., Rosenberg A.A., Lotze H.K. 2013. Long-term change in a meso-predator community in response to prolonged and heterogeneous human impact. Scientific reports 3(1) : 1-11.
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  20. Froese R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2022).
  21. GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Available online (accessed on 18 August 2022).
  22. Geraci M. L., Ragonese S., Scannella D., Falsone F., Gancitano V., Mifsud J., Gambin M., Said A., Vitale S. 2021. Batoid abundances, spatial distribution, and life history traits in the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean Sea): Bridging a knowledge gap through three decades of survey. Animals 11(8): 2189.
  23. Giovos I., Serena F., Katsada D., Anastasiadis A., Barash A., Charilaou C., Hall-Spencer J.M.,Crocetta F.,Kaminas A., Kletou D, Maximiadi M., Minasidis V., Moutopoulos D.K., Aga-Spyridopoulou R.N., Thasitis I., Kleitou P. 2021. Integrating literature, biodiversity databases, and citizen-science to reconstruct the checklist of Chondrichthyans in Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Fishes 6(3): 24.
  24. Golani D. 2005. Checklist of the Mediterranean fishes of Israel. Zootaxa 947(1): 1-90.
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  26. Golani D. & Azzurro E. & Jakov D. & Massutí E. & Orsi Relini L. & Briand F. 2021. Atlas of Exotic Fishes in the Mediterranean Sea. 2nd Edition..
  27. Guijarro B., Quetglas A., Moranta J., Ordines F., Valls M., González N., Massutí E. 2012. Inter- and intra-annual trends and status indicators of nektobenthic elasmobranchs off the Balearic Islands (northwestern Mediterranean). Sci. Mar. 2012, 76, 87–96.
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  30. Last P. & Carvalho M. & Corrigan S. & Naylor G. & Seret B. & Yang L. 2016. The Rays of the World project – an explanation of nomenclatural decisions.
  31. Last P. R., Weigmann S., Yang L. 2016. Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). Rays of the world: Supplementary information, 11-34.
  32. Leonetti, F. L., Giglio G., Leone A., Coppola F., Romano C., Bottaro M., Reinero F. R., Milazzo C., Micarelli P., Tripepi S., Sperone E. 2020. An updated checklist of chondrichthyans of Calabria (Central Mediterranean, southern Italy), with emphasis on rare species. Mediterranean Marine Science, 21(3), 794–807.
  33. Lteif M., Mouawad R., Jemaa S., Khalaf G., Lenfant P., Verdoit-Jarraya M. 2016. The length-weight relationships of three sharks and five batoids in the Lebanese marine waters, eastern Mediterranean. Egypt. J. Aquat. Res. 42, 475–477.
  34. Luís M.F. Alves, João P.S. Correia, Marco F.L. Lemos, Sara C. Novais, Henrique Cabral. 2020. Assessment of trends in the Portuguese elasmobranch commercial landings over three decades (1986–2017), Fisheries Research, Volume 230, 105648, ISSN 0165-7836.
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  36. Mancusi C., Baino R., Fortuna C., De Sola L.G., Morey G., Bradai M.N., Kallianotis A., Soldo A., Hemida F. Saad A.., Dimech M., Peristeraki P., Bariche M., Clo S., De Sabata E., Castellano L., Garibaldi F., Lanteri L., Tinti F., Pais A., Sperone E., Micarelli P., Poisson F., Sion L., Carlucci R., Cebrian-Menchero D., Seret B., Ferretti F., El-Far A., Saygu I., Shakman E., Bartoli A., Guallart J., Damalas D., Megalofonou P., Vacchi M., Colloca F., Bottaro M., Notarbartolo Di Sciara G., Follesa M.C., Cannas R., Kabasakal H., Zava B., Cavlan G., Jung A., Abudaya M., Kolitari J., Barash A., Joksimovic A., Cetkovic I., Marceta B., Gonzalez Vilas L., Tiralongo F., Giovos I., Bargnesi F., Lelli S., Barone M., Moro S., Mazzoldi C., Abella A., Serena F. 2020. MEDLEM database, a data collection on large Elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean and Black seas. Mediterranean Marine Science 21(2) : 276-288.
  37. Mancusi C., Massi D., Baino R., Cariani A., Crobe V., Ebert D.A., Ferrari, C, Gordon A., Hoff G.R., Iglesias S.P., Titone A., Serena F. 2021. An identification key for Chondrichthyes egg cases of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. The European Zoological Journal 88(1) : 436-448.
  38. Marongiu M.F., Porcu C., Bellodi A., Cannas R., Cau A., Cuccu D., Mulas A., Follesa M.C. 2017. Temporal dynamics of demersal chondrichthyan species in the central western Mediterranean Sea: The case study in Sardinia Island. Fisheries Research 193: 81-94.
  39. Mulas A., Bellodi A., Carbonara P., Cau A., Marongiu M.F., Pesci P., Porcu C., Follesa M.C. 2021. Bio-Ecological Features Update on Eleven Rare Cartilaginous Fish in the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea as a Contribution for Their Conservation. Life 11, 871.
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  44. Porcu C., Marongiu M.F., Bellodi A., Cannas R., Cau A., Melis R., Mulas A., Soldovilla G., Vacca L., Follesa M.C. 2017. Morphological descriptions of the eggcases of skates (Rajidae) from the central-western Mediterranean, with notes on their distribution. Helgoland Marine Research 71(1): 1-14.
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