Sharks and Rays Anatomy References

Shark Anatomy References

I have summarized the replies to a posting to ELASMO-L asking for a textbook on shark anatomy. Thanks to all who responded. Later, John Brunner posted references on the cranial anatomy of holocephalans which I have included.

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Allis, E. P. 1917. The prechordal portion of the chondrocranium of Chimaera colliei. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1917:105-143.
Ashley 1950 and 1969. Laboratory Anatomy of the Shark. Wm. C. Brown Co.
DeBeer, G. R., and Moy-Thomas, J. A. 1935. On the skull of the Holocephali. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, B Vol. 224:287-312.
Bres, M. (1993). The behaviour of sharks. Rev. Fish Biol. Fisheries. 3, 133-159.
Bruhl, Carl Bernhard 1891. Dipnoi- und Holocephalikopf. WIen. 7 pls. 40.
Gans and Parson 1964. A Photographic Atlas of Shark Anatomy. University of Chicago Press
Daniel, J.F. (1914). The anatomy of Heterodontus francisci. In Part 1, The exoskeleton. Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. 13: 147-166.
Daniel, J.F. (1922). The elasmobranch fishes. University of Californial Press, Berkeley CA.
Frazzetta, T.H. (1988). The mechanics of cutting and the form of shark teeth (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii). Zoomorphology 108, 93-107.
Frazzetta, T.H. and Prange, C.D. (1987). Movements of cephalic components during feeding in some requiem sharks Carcharhiniformes: (Carcharhinidae). Copeia 1987, 979-993.
Frazzetta, T.H. (1994) Feeding mechanisms in sharks and other elasmobranchs. Adv. Comp. Environ. Physiol. 18:31-57.
Frazzetta, T.H. and C.D. Prange. 1987. Movements of cephalic components during feeding in some requiem sharks (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae). Copeia 1987:979-993.
Frazzetta, T.H. 1988. The mechanics of cutting and the form of shark teeth (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii). Zoomorphology 108:93-107.
Gans, Homberger, and Walker
Garman's "Plagiostomia" which was recently reprinted in 1997 by Benthic Press in Los Angeles -- it has very fine shark anatomy illustrations. (The white shark skeletal figure in Ellis & McCosker's book is not accurate).
Gilbert, S.G. 1973. Pictorial anatomy of the dogfish. Univ. Wash. Press.
Holmgren, N. 1942b. Studies on the head of fishes, an embryological, morphological, and phylogenetic study. 3. The phylogeny of Elasmobranch fishes. Acta Zool. Vol. 6:59-165.
Hubrecht, Ambrosius Arnold William 1876 Beitraege zur Kenntnisse des Kopfskeletes der Holocephalan. Niederl. Arch. Zool. Vol. 3:255-276. Plate- Morphol. Jahrb. Vol. 3:280-282.
Jollie, Malcolm J. 1973. Chordate Morphology Huntington, New York. Robert Krieger Publishing Company.
Kent 1975. Systemic dissections of vertebrates, a laboratory guide. Mosby.
Lohberger, J. 1910. Ueber zwei riesige Embryonen von Lamna. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der DoktorwÄrde der Hohen Philosophischen FakultÉt der UniversitÉt Leipzig. Sonderabdruck aus den Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften, IV. Suppl. Bd, 2. Abhandlg., 1-45 (and 5 plates with 34 figures). (Gives fairly complete external and internal anatomie of ~mid-term salmon shark embryos.)
Luther, Alexander Ferdinand 1909. Beitrage zur Kenntnisse von Muskulatur und Skelett des Kopfes des Haies Stegostoma tigrinum Gm. und der Holocephalen mit einem Anhamg ueber die Nasenrinne. Acta. Soc. Sci. Fenn. Vol. 37(6):1-60, 36 figs.
Motta, P.J. and C.A.D. Wilga (1995) Anatomy of the feeding apparatus of the lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris. J. Morphol. 226: 309-329.
Motta, P.J., T.C. Tricas, R.E. Hueter, and A.P. Summers 1997. Feeding mechanism and functional morphology of the jaws of the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae). J. Exp. Biol. 200: 2765-2780.
Mummery, J.H. 1924. The microscopic and general anatomy of the teeth. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford GB.
Romer, A.S. 1959. Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbeltiere. Parey, Hamburg-Berlin.
Rosenzweig L.J. (1988). Anatomy of the Shark. Wm. C. Brown Publishers (Dubuque, Iowa). ISBN number 0-697-01542-4. Text and dissection guide for sharks that may be useful. It is fairly detailed, and easy to read.
Peyer, B. 1968. Comparative odontology. Translated and edited by R. Zangerl. University of Chicago Press. Chicago, Illinois. 468 pp. See extensive bibliography for references about anatomy of elasmobranch teeth.
Reis, Otto M. 1895. On the structure of the frontal spine and the rostrolabial cartilages of *Squaloraja* and *Chimaera*. Geol. Mag. 4. dec. 2:385-391. pl.
Schauinsland, Hugo Hermann 1903. Beitraege zur Entwicklungsgeschichte und Anatomie der Wirbeltiere. I-III. Zoologica, Heft 39.
Smith, L. S. 1973 Introductory anatomy and biology of selected fish and shellfish_, Published by College of Fisheries, Universitity of Washington, Seattle, 1973.
(Good introductory level source on skate or ray anatomy for a student according to ELASMO-L posting of Oct. 28, 1998 by Rick Martin.)
Stahl, Barbara J. 1967. Morphology and relationships of the Holocephali with special reference to the Venous system. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Vol. 135(3):141-213.
Walker 1956. Vertebrate Dissection. Saunders.
Weichert, C.K. 1965 (maybe later editions?). Anatomy of the Chordates. McGraw-Hill Co., New York, 758 p. (Has great dissection drawings of Squalus acanthias)
Wessells et al. 1975 (Vertebrates, a laboratory text)
Wilga, C.D., and P.J. Motta (In press) Conservation and variation in the feeding mechanism of the spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias. J. exp. Biol. (out very soon)
Wischnitzer 1972. Atlas and Dissection Guide for Comparative Anatomy. (Has 67 pages on the dogfish covering all the major systems with good drawings and some color in the Fourth edition).
Created February 1998; revised November 1998.

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