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Jul 15, 2020
2 min

July Elasmobranch of the Month: Dwarf Lantern shark

Author: Linda Weiss Dwarf Lantern (Etmopterus perryi) Key Features/Appearance The Dwarf Lantern shark is currently the smallest known sha...

Jun 15, 2020
2 min

June Elasmobranch of the Month: Megamouth Shark

Written by Linda Weiss Megamouth Shark (Megachasma pelagios) Key Features/Appearance As its name indicates, the Megamouth shark has a ver...

May 17, 2020
2 min

May Elasmobranch of the Month: Shortfin Mako

Author: Linda Weiss Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus Key Features/Appearance The Shortfin Mako’s body is very hydrodynamically effic...

Feb 14, 2020
2 min

February Elasmobranch of the Month: Sandbar Shark

Author: Linda Weiss Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) Key Features/Appearance The color of the Sandbar shark’s back is generally a va...

Jan 15, 2020
2 min

January Elasmobranch of the Month: Frilled Shark

Author: Linda Weiss Frilled Shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) Key Features/Appearance The Frilled shark’s predominant color is brown, va...

Nov 10, 2019
2 min

November Elasmobranch of the Month: Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark

Bigeye Sand Tiger sharks are large, bulky sharks uniformly reddish brown to black in color, reaching lengths of 3.6 m (12 ft). The first dor

Oct 12, 2019
2 min

October Elasmobranch of the Month: Greenland shark

Greenland Sharks are large, thick-bodied with short dorsal fins of similar size and no anal fin. Adults average 2.5m to 4.5m (8 to 15 ft) in

Sep 10, 2019
2 min

September Elasmobranch of the Month: Epaulette shark

This bottom-dwelling shark species prefers shallow water coral reefs. The epaulette is often trapped on rocks and corals when tides recede.

Aug 27, 2019
2 min

August Elasmobranch of the Month: Prickly Dogfish

The Prickly dogfish is one shark that definitely has highly distinguishable features! Most notably is its dorsal fin resembling a sail. The

Jul 23, 2019
2 min

July Elasmobranch of the Month: Common Angelshark

Learn all about the Common Angelshark ( Squatina squatina) in our Elasmobranch of the Month blog. They are currently listed as 'Critical

Jun 13, 2019
3 min

June Elasmobranch of the Month: Common Thresher Shark

Alopias vulpinus-also known as the Common Thresher Shark or Fox shark. Thresher sharks were first named after foxes by Aristotle in the book

May 15, 2019
2 min

May Elasmobranch of the Month: Bull Shark

Bull sharks have a very stout appearance due to their high body width to length ratio. They also exhibit countershading, which means that th

Apr 16, 2019
2 min

April Elasmobranch of the Month: False Catshark

The False Catshark is a deep-sea ground shark. It has been described as ugly as a discarded sofa and was thus given the moniker ‘sofa shark’

Mar 16, 2019
1 min

March Elasmobranch of the Month: Viper Dogfish

The viper dog fish was first identified in 1986, they are very rare and have been found in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Japan, Hawaii

Feb 28, 2019
2 min

FEB 2019 Elasmobranch of the Month: Salmon Shark

Our February Elasmobranch of the month is the Salmon Shark. They are a pelagic species of mackerel shark named for the salmon that is part o

Jan 31, 2019
1 min

January 2019 Elasmobranch of the Month: Bowmouth Guitarfish

This beautiful species is easily distinguishable with a flat, broad snout and very high first and second dorsal fins, where the maximum leng

Jun 21, 2018
2 min

June Elasmobranch of the Month: White-spotted Wedgefish

Learn all about the White-spotted shovelnose ray (Rhynchobatus australiae) also known as as the white-spotted wedgefish.

May 18, 2018
2 min

May Elasmobranch of the Month: Spotted Ratfish

DID YOU KNOW: Ratfish are from the order CHIMAERA, which are in the class CHONDRICHTHYES – i.e. cartilaginous fish! That means they are clos

Apr 21, 2018
2 min

April Elasmobranch of the Month: Swell Shark

Learn all about the Swell Shark and it's amazing adaptations! Did you know this shark displays biofluorescence?

Mar 9, 2018
2 min

March Elasmobranch of the Month: Goblin Shark

Learn all about the Goblin Shark. This deep-sea shark has some incredible adaptations and can grow up to 3.2 meters in length.

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