Sharks & Rays

The cartilaginous fishes, or Chondrichthyes, are a group of marine vertebrates that can be broadly divided into two groups: the sharks, skates, rays and sawfish (Elasmobranchii) and the chimaeras (Holocephali). Globally there are about 1,200 species of elasmobranch, 95% of which are marine species.



Bibliography

Collins Field Guide: Sharks of the World - by Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando & Sarah Fowler
Collins -- 2005 -- ISBN: 978-0007136100

Environmental Biology of Fishes - by Malcolm Jobling
Chapman & Hall -- 1996 -- ISBN: 978-0412580802

Field Guide to the Great White Shark - by R. Aidan Martin
ReefQuest Center for Shark Research -- 2001 -- ISBN: 978-0973239508

Reader’s Digest Explores: Sharks - by Various Authors
Reader's Digest -- 1998 -- ISBN: 978-0762100415

Reef Sharks & Rays of the World - by Scot W. Michael
Sea Challengers -- 1993 -- ISBN: 978-1577855385

Secret Language of the Sea - by Robert F. Burgess
Dodd, Mead & Co. -- 1981 -- ISBN: 978-0396080114

Sharks & Rays: The Ultimate Guide To Underwater Predators - by Various Authors
HarperCollins -- 1997 -- ISBN: 978-0583344920

Sharks of the World - by Rodney Steel
Blandford Press -- 1992 -- ISBN: 978-0753718247

Sharks of Tropical & Temperate Seas - by Richard H. Johnson
Les-Editions-Du-Pacifique -- 1978 -- ISBN: 978-9971400408

Sharks, Rays & Chimaeras of California - by David A. Ebert
University of California Press -- 2003 -- ISBN: 978-0520234840

Sharks, Skates & Rays of the Carolinas - by Frank J. Schwartz
University of North Carolina Press -- 2003 -- ISBN: 978-0002199605

Sharks: History & biology of the lords of the sea - by Angelo Mojetta
SwanHill Press -- 1997 -- ISBN: 978-1853109904

Sharks: Silent hunters of the deep - by Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest -- 1994 -- ISBN: 978-0864380470

The Biology of Fishes - by Q. Bone, N.B. Marshall & J.H.S. Blaxter
Stanley Thornes Ltd. -- 1999 -- ISBN: 978-0748744985

The Jaws of Death - by Xavier Maniguet
HarperCollins -- 1992 -- ISBN: 978-0007156900