Acknowledgements |
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Photographic credits |
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Foreword |
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Introduction |
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Respiration and circulation |
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Research priorities -- how to help |
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63 | (26) |
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65 | (9) |
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Conservation and management |
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82 | (7) |
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Key to orders and families of living sharks |
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89 | (5) |
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Order Hexanchiformes: frilled and cow sharks |
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Family Chlamydoselachidae: frilled sharks |
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96 | (2) |
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Family Hexanchidae: cow sharks |
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98 | (4) |
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Order Echinorhinidae: bramble sharks |
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102 | (3) |
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Family Echinorhinidae: bramble sharks |
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102 | (3) |
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Order Squaliformes: dogfish sharks |
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Family Squalidae: dogfish sharks |
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114 | (21) |
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Family Centrophoridae: gulper sharks |
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Family Etmopteridae: lanternsharks |
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Family Somniosidae: sleeper sharks |
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192 | (12) |
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Family Oxynotidae: roughsharks |
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204 | (3) |
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Family Dalatiidae: kitefin sharks |
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207 | (13) |
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Order Pristiophoriformes: sawsharks |
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220 | (7) |
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Family Pristiophoridae: sawsharks |
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221 | (6) |
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Order Squatiniformes: angelsharks |
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227 | (20) |
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Family Squatinidae: angelsharks |
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227 | (20) |
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Order Heterodontiformes: bullhead sharks |
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247 | (11) |
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Family Heterodontidae: bullhead or horn sharks |
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247 | (11) |
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Order Orectolobiformes: carpetsharks |
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Family Parascylliidae: collared carpetsharks |
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259 | (6) |
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Family Brachaeluridae: blind sharks |
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265 | (2) |
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Family Orectolobidae: wobbegongs |
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267 | (17) |
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Family Hemiscylliidae: longtailed carpetsharks |
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284 | (9) |
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Family Stegostomatidae: Zebra Shark |
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293 | (3) |
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Family Ginglymostomatidae: nurse sharks |
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296 | (4) |
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Family Rhincodontidae: Whale Shark |
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Order Lamniformes: mackerel sharks |
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301 | (23) |
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Family Mitsukurinidae: Goblin Shark |
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304 | (1) |
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Family Carchariidae: Sandtiger Shark |
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305 | (1) |
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Family Odontaspididae: deepsea sandtiger sharks |
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306 | (1) |
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Family Pseudocarchariidae: Crocodile Shark |
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307 | (3) |
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Family Megachasmidae: Megamouth Shark |
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310 | (1) |
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Family Cetorhinidae: Basking Shark |
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311 | (3) |
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Family Alopiidae: thresher sharks |
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314 | (5) |
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Family Lamnidae: mackerel sharks |
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319 | (5) |
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Order Carcharhiniformes: ground sharks |
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Family Pentanchidae: deepsea catsharks |
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Family Scyliorhinidae: catsharks |
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Family Proscylliidae: finback catsharks |
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Family Pseudotriakidae: false catsharks |
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453 | (3) |
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Family Leptochariidae: Barbeled Houndshark |
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456 | (1) |
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Family Triakidae: houndsharks |
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Family Hemigaleidae: weasel sharks |
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496 | (6) |
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Family Carcharhinidae: requiem sharks |
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Family Galeocerdidae: Tiger Shark |
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Family Sphyrnidae: hammerhead sharks |
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Appendix II Oceans and seas |
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Appendix III Field observations |
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Appendix IV Fin identification |
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Appendix V Tooth identification |
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Sources for the introduction |
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Further reading |
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Further identification guides |
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600 | (1) |
Scientific societies, research and conservation organisations |
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Online information |
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