In this short while we've done ethical fish biodiversity assessments, cetacean surveys, great white population surveys, ROV skills, elasmobranch egg case collections and intertidal biodiversity surveys — long days, big learning, and even bigger energy.
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
In this short while we've done ethical fish biodiversity assessments, cetacean surveys, great white population surveys, ROV skills, elasmobranch egg case collections and intertidal biodiversity surveys — long days, big learning, and even bigger energy.
Yellow stingrays are our smallest cartilaginous fish in Coral City. They are also the most fashionably dressed. 😎 #yellowstingray #stingraysofcoralcity #stingray #elasmobranch #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
January 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Yellow stingrays are our smallest cartilaginous fish in Coral City. They are also the most fashionably dressed. 😎 #yellowstingray #stingraysofcoralcity #stingray #elasmobranch #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
Demographic Characteristics of Elasmobranch Fishes in the Khor Faridah Region (Abu Dhabi) Using a Stereo-BRUVS Approach www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/18...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Demographic Characteristics of Elasmobranch Fishes in the Khor Faridah Region (Abu Dhabi) Using a Stereo-BRUVS Approach www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/18...
I don't know if it takes a great amount of courage or cowardice to admit this but there's nothing going on inside, my brain doesn't really work like that, my internal model is like, an octopus or an elasmobranch or something. It's mostly fleshy, and cartilaginous at most.
January 9, 2026 at 11:12 AM
I don't know if it takes a great amount of courage or cowardice to admit this but there's nothing going on inside, my brain doesn't really work like that, my internal model is like, an octopus or an elasmobranch or something. It's mostly fleshy, and cartilaginous at most.
Exploring the elasmobranch diversity, distribution, and conservation status: a comparative study of India’s west and east coast with insights into commercial cathches link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Exploring the elasmobranch diversity, distribution, and conservation status: a comparative study of India’s west and east coast with insights into commercial cathches
Chondrichthyans belonging to 73 different species and two subclasses (elasmobranchii and holocephali) were identified during 100 days of field visits from fishery-dependent observations conducted across...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Exploring the elasmobranch diversity, distribution, and conservation status: a comparative study of India’s west and east coast with insights into commercial cathches link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A multi-method assessment of elasmobranch diversity and abundance in the southern Red Sea www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
A multi-method assessment of elasmobranch diversity and abundance in the southern Red Sea www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📢New online publication by Pieter J. DE SCHUTTER & Etienne STEURBAUT entitled "Taxonomic revision and new elasmobranch records from the Wemmel Sand and Asse Clay members, base of the Maldegem Formation (middle Lutetian, southern North Sea Basin)" - DOI: https://doi.org/10.20341/gb.2025.007
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📢New online publication by Pieter J. DE SCHUTTER & Etienne STEURBAUT entitled "Taxonomic revision and new elasmobranch records from the Wemmel Sand and Asse Clay members, base of the Maldegem Formation (middle Lutetian, southern North Sea Basin)" - DOI: https://doi.org/10.20341/gb.2025.007
Queen's University Belfast is hiring:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Elasmobranch Spatial Ecology
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Elasmobranch Spatial Ecology
December 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Queen's University Belfast is hiring:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Elasmobranch Spatial Ecology
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Elasmobranch Spatial Ecology
A multi-method assessment of elasmobranch diversity and abundance in the southern Red Sea 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A multi-method assessment of elasmobranch diversity and abundance in the southern Red Sea
Elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are vital to marine ecosystems as predators exerting top-down control on lower trophic levels. Unfortunately, they are…
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December 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A multi-method assessment of elasmobranch diversity and abundance in the southern Red Sea 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Out now in #GeologicaBelgica! A taxonomic revision and new elasmobranch records 🦈 from the middle Lutetian Maldegem Formation near Brussels, published by De Schutter & Steurbaut #RBINS #openaccess
doi.org/10.20341/gb....
doi.org/10.20341/gb....
December 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Out now in #GeologicaBelgica! A taxonomic revision and new elasmobranch records 🦈 from the middle Lutetian Maldegem Formation near Brussels, published by De Schutter & Steurbaut #RBINS #openaccess
doi.org/10.20341/gb....
doi.org/10.20341/gb....
Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority
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Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority - Environmental Biology of Fishes
The conservation of Cameroon’s marine biodiversity is hindered by knowledge gaps and ineffective management, endangering both marine ecosystems and their human-dependent communities. Moreover,…
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December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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📣 New Science Alert
Read the full paper, ‘Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority' by Labyedh et al. (2025), on our Research Portal: research.mantatrust.org/publications
Read the full paper, ‘Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority' by Labyedh et al. (2025), on our Research Portal: research.mantatrust.org/publications
December 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
📣 New Science Alert
Read the full paper, ‘Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority' by Labyedh et al. (2025), on our Research Portal: research.mantatrust.org/publications
Read the full paper, ‘Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority' by Labyedh et al. (2025), on our Research Portal: research.mantatrust.org/publications
A trio of spotted eagle rays kept us rapt today in Coral City 🫡🦅🦈🦅🦈🦅🦈 #spottedeagleray #eagleray #stingraysofcoralcity #stingray #trio #formation #flylikeaneagle #eagles #elasmobranch #bestshark #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A trio of spotted eagle rays kept us rapt today in Coral City 🫡🦅🦈🦅🦈🦅🦈 #spottedeagleray #eagleray #stingraysofcoralcity #stingray #trio #formation #flylikeaneagle #eagles #elasmobranch #bestshark #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
Dolphins were stealing bait from SMART drumlines at one site. We tried adding acoustic deterrents but that didn’t seem to stop them.
However, switching the bait to elasmobranch tissue significantly reduced bait depredation: there were no observations of dolphins stealing bait in 3 years. (2/3)
However, switching the bait to elasmobranch tissue significantly reduced bait depredation: there were no observations of dolphins stealing bait in 3 years. (2/3)
Minimising dolphin-induced bait depredation in a bather protection shark management program
Dolphins can interfere with shark fishing equipment used in bather protection programs by removing bait, which increases program costs and reduces effectiv
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December 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Dolphins were stealing bait from SMART drumlines at one site. We tried adding acoustic deterrents but that didn’t seem to stop them.
However, switching the bait to elasmobranch tissue significantly reduced bait depredation: there were no observations of dolphins stealing bait in 3 years. (2/3)
However, switching the bait to elasmobranch tissue significantly reduced bait depredation: there were no observations of dolphins stealing bait in 3 years. (2/3)
New paper using Sea Around Us data: Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority - Environmental Biology of Fishes
The conservation of Cameroon’s marine biodiversity is hindered by knowledge gaps and ineffective management, endangering both marine ecosystems and their human-dependent communities. Moreover, conduct...
link.springer.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New paper using Sea Around Us data: Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#PaleoIchthyology 2025 Pochitaserra patriciacanalae & Dasyatis manuelcamposi • Diving into the Past: A New Assemblage of #Neogene elasmobranch Microfossils from the eastern Pacific of South America
DOI: doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70043
#Ichthyology #fish #fossils
DOI: doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70043
#Ichthyology #fish #fossils
December 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#PaleoIchthyology 2025 Pochitaserra patriciacanalae & Dasyatis manuelcamposi • Diving into the Past: A New Assemblage of #Neogene elasmobranch Microfossils from the eastern Pacific of South America
DOI: doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70043
#Ichthyology #fish #fossils
DOI: doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70043
#Ichthyology #fish #fossils
Word of the Hour: Amphirhina - A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes because the nasal sac is double. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Word of the Hour: Amphirhina - A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes because the nasal sac is double. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
Be the elasmobranch you want to see in the world
December 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Be the elasmobranch you want to see in the world
And now here we are, after the first round of lab work in November with Yvonne de Rijk, a visiting Master’s student, starting to look at proteomic data from a number of elasmobranch species and further analysing dermal denticle morphologies!
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
And now here we are, after the first round of lab work in November with Yvonne de Rijk, a visiting Master’s student, starting to look at proteomic data from a number of elasmobranch species and further analysing dermal denticle morphologies!
October saw my first attendance at a shark conference, with the European Elasmobranch Association, and additional museum visits to collaborators in the Netherlands, @rijksmuseum.bsky.social and Rijksmuseum Boerhaave on the quest to find more marine shagreen objects!
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
October saw my first attendance at a shark conference, with the European Elasmobranch Association, and additional museum visits to collaborators in the Netherlands, @rijksmuseum.bsky.social and Rijksmuseum Boerhaave on the quest to find more marine shagreen objects!
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quantifying the Denticle Multiverse...
an #elasmobranch IOB related work
Rubin et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
Fig. 2
Differences in traits for geometric & linear #denticles illustrated on #fossil denticles of unknown taxa from Deep Sea Drilling Project...
#science #morphology #evolution
an #elasmobranch IOB related work
Rubin et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
Fig. 2
Differences in traits for geometric & linear #denticles illustrated on #fossil denticles of unknown taxa from Deep Sea Drilling Project...
#science #morphology #evolution
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Quantifying the Denticle Multiverse...
an #elasmobranch IOB related work
Rubin et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
Fig. 2
Differences in traits for geometric & linear #denticles illustrated on #fossil denticles of unknown taxa from Deep Sea Drilling Project...
#science #morphology #evolution
an #elasmobranch IOB related work
Rubin et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
Fig. 2
Differences in traits for geometric & linear #denticles illustrated on #fossil denticles of unknown taxa from Deep Sea Drilling Project...
#science #morphology #evolution
@elizabethsibert.bsky.social & @garethjfraser.bsky.social & Rubin et al's latest IOB paper has incredible figures!
Be sure to read
"Quantifying the Denticle Multiverse..."
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
our latest #morphology work involving #Elasmobranch #Denticles
#science #sharks #biologists
Be sure to read
"Quantifying the Denticle Multiverse..."
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
our latest #morphology work involving #Elasmobranch #Denticles
#science #sharks #biologists
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
@elizabethsibert.bsky.social & @garethjfraser.bsky.social & Rubin et al's latest IOB paper has incredible figures!
Be sure to read
"Quantifying the Denticle Multiverse..."
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
our latest #morphology work involving #Elasmobranch #Denticles
#science #sharks #biologists
Be sure to read
"Quantifying the Denticle Multiverse..."
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
our latest #morphology work involving #Elasmobranch #Denticles
#science #sharks #biologists
Word of the Hour: Galei - That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Word of the Hour: Galei - That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
IOB - Fresh Ink!
Quantifying the #Denticle Multiverse: A Standardized Coding System to Capture Three Dimensional #Morphological Variations for Quantitative #Evolutionary & #Ecological Studies of #Elasmobranch #Denticles
Rubin, @garethjfraser.bsky.social , et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
Quantifying the #Denticle Multiverse: A Standardized Coding System to Capture Three Dimensional #Morphological Variations for Quantitative #Evolutionary & #Ecological Studies of #Elasmobranch #Denticles
Rubin, @garethjfraser.bsky.social , et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
IOB - Fresh Ink!
Quantifying the #Denticle Multiverse: A Standardized Coding System to Capture Three Dimensional #Morphological Variations for Quantitative #Evolutionary & #Ecological Studies of #Elasmobranch #Denticles
Rubin, @garethjfraser.bsky.social , et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
Quantifying the #Denticle Multiverse: A Standardized Coding System to Capture Three Dimensional #Morphological Variations for Quantitative #Evolutionary & #Ecological Studies of #Elasmobranch #Denticles
Rubin, @garethjfraser.bsky.social , et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...