For the last time:
“Elasmobranchs” are sharks, skates, and rays.
“Chondrichthyans” are sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras.
These terms are not interchangeable. Stop using them interchangeably!
“Elasmobranchs” are sharks, skates, and rays.
“Chondrichthyans” are sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras.
These terms are not interchangeable. Stop using them interchangeably!
January 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
For the last time:
“Elasmobranchs” are sharks, skates, and rays.
“Chondrichthyans” are sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras.
These terms are not interchangeable. Stop using them interchangeably!
“Elasmobranchs” are sharks, skates, and rays.
“Chondrichthyans” are sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras.
These terms are not interchangeable. Stop using them interchangeably!
chonky elasmobranchs 🦈
March 7, 2024 at 1:39 PM
chonky elasmobranchs 🦈
Sharks (elasmobranchs) had already evolved on Earth when Saturn's rings formed.
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
December 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sharks (elasmobranchs) had already evolved on Earth when Saturn's rings formed.
I found a very interesting paper recounting observations and accounts of American alligators and elasmobranchs preying upon each other.
Most of these figures show alligators preying on elasmobranchs; the last shows an alligator that had a stingray barb embedded in its neck.
Most of these figures show alligators preying on elasmobranchs; the last shows an alligator that had a stingray barb embedded in its neck.
September 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I found a very interesting paper recounting observations and accounts of American alligators and elasmobranchs preying upon each other.
Most of these figures show alligators preying on elasmobranchs; the last shows an alligator that had a stingray barb embedded in its neck.
Most of these figures show alligators preying on elasmobranchs; the last shows an alligator that had a stingray barb embedded in its neck.
A giant shovel nose ray at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Salt Lake City, Utah
#MarineLife #Rays #Elasmobranchs #Guitarfish #Rhinobatidae #SLC #GlaucostegusTypus
#MarineLife #Rays #Elasmobranchs #Guitarfish #Rhinobatidae #SLC #GlaucostegusTypus
August 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A giant shovel nose ray at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Salt Lake City, Utah
#MarineLife #Rays #Elasmobranchs #Guitarfish #Rhinobatidae #SLC #GlaucostegusTypus
#MarineLife #Rays #Elasmobranchs #Guitarfish #Rhinobatidae #SLC #GlaucostegusTypus
For the last time:
“Elasmobranchs” are sharks, skates, and rays.
“Chondrichthyans” are sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras.
Stop using these terms interchangeably!
“Elasmobranchs” are sharks, skates, and rays.
“Chondrichthyans” are sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras.
Stop using these terms interchangeably!
April 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
For the last time:
“Elasmobranchs” are sharks, skates, and rays.
“Chondrichthyans” are sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras.
Stop using these terms interchangeably!
“Elasmobranchs” are sharks, skates, and rays.
“Chondrichthyans” are sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras.
Stop using these terms interchangeably!
Spotted eagle rays are amongst the most adorably elegant of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) www.instagram.com/reel/C5mdoq1...
April 11, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Spotted eagle rays are amongst the most adorably elegant of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) www.instagram.com/reel/C5mdoq1...
One of the joys of studying museum collections: discovering tiny treasures like this little round stingray!
#Elasmobranchs #Sharks #Rays #Museum #MCZ
#Elasmobranchs #Sharks #Rays #Museum #MCZ
September 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
One of the joys of studying museum collections: discovering tiny treasures like this little round stingray!
#Elasmobranchs #Sharks #Rays #Museum #MCZ
#Elasmobranchs #Sharks #Rays #Museum #MCZ
Once again, can folks please stop working on nudibranchs and elasmobranchs so that I can do a simple search on my last name without seeing unsolicited nudis?
June 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Once again, can folks please stop working on nudibranchs and elasmobranchs so that I can do a simple search on my last name without seeing unsolicited nudis?
Under pressure: deep-sea elasmobranchs experience high mortality and stress in a crustacean trawling fishery
Frontiers | Under pressure: deep-sea elasmobranchs experience high mortality and stress in a crustacean trawling fishery
ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
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April 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Under pressure: deep-sea elasmobranchs experience high mortality and stress in a crustacean trawling fishery
Each shark was brought up individually by the dive team, anesthetized, and given a full workup. Vet services drew blood, inspected gills for parasites, checked eyes, and examined the elasmobranchs via ultrasound. Meanwhile, aquarists recorded measurements as the sharks woke up.
March 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Each shark was brought up individually by the dive team, anesthetized, and given a full workup. Vet services drew blood, inspected gills for parasites, checked eyes, and examined the elasmobranchs via ultrasound. Meanwhile, aquarists recorded measurements as the sharks woke up.
Understanding Pressures on Threatened Elasmobranchs and Their Drivers to Design Effective Management: Insights From Southern Sumbawa
Understanding Pressures on Threatened Elasmobranchs and Their Drivers to Design Effective Management: Insights From Southern Sumbawa
Overfishing of elasmobranchs is a major conservation concern, with large proportions of elasmobranch fishing mortality attributable to incidental catch in small-scale fisheries. Understanding the…
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August 23, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Understanding Pressures on Threatened Elasmobranchs and Their Drivers to Design Effective Management: Insights From Southern Sumbawa
Day 29 - Foresight. Elasmobranchs (including sharks, rays, and skates) includes species that can either give live birth or lay beautiful egg cases of varying shapes. Depositing them in secluded locations so the foreseeable next generation hatches safely. #sciartseptember
September 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Day 29 - Foresight. Elasmobranchs (including sharks, rays, and skates) includes species that can either give live birth or lay beautiful egg cases of varying shapes. Depositing them in secluded locations so the foreseeable next generation hatches safely. #sciartseptember
🌊 Rachel uses eDNA to investigate the population of elasmobranchs on the west coast of Ireland #eDNA #elasmobranchs #Ireland #EEA2025
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌊 Rachel uses eDNA to investigate the population of elasmobranchs on the west coast of Ireland #eDNA #elasmobranchs #Ireland #EEA2025
The use of acoustic and satellite telemetry to study elasmobranchs in Latin America: past efforts and future directions 🦑🌎🐟🦈 cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cm...
September 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The use of acoustic and satellite telemetry to study elasmobranchs in Latin America: past efforts and future directions 🦑🌎🐟🦈 cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cm...
This may come as a surprise, but sharks and rays are sort-of 'cousins'. They belong to the same group of fish called elasmobranchs. Instead of bones, both have skeletons made of cartilage, giving them flexibility and agility.
Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1LM8...
Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1LM8...
July 16, 2026 at 8:15 AM
This may come as a surprise, but sharks and rays are sort-of 'cousins'. They belong to the same group of fish called elasmobranchs. Instead of bones, both have skeletons made of cartilage, giving them flexibility and agility.
Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1LM8...
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Frontiers | Diversity and distribution assessment of elasmobranchs in a shallow estuarine lagoon using environmental DNA
Frontiers | Diversity and distribution assessment of elasmobranchs in a shallow estuarine lagoon using environmental DNA
Shinnecock Bay is a small, shallow lagoon and barrier beach estuary located in southeastern Long Island, New York, which has undergone a successful restorati...
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June 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Frontiers | Diversity and distribution assessment of elasmobranchs in a shallow estuarine lagoon using environmental DNA
🦈 #shark #hammerhead
This is a link to @diegocardenosa.bsky.social's Sept 2025 paper in Frontiers In Marine Science about the use of #eDNA to track scoophead, Pacific & scalloped bonnetheads
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
This is a link to @diegocardenosa.bsky.social's Sept 2025 paper in Frontiers In Marine Science about the use of #eDNA to track scoophead, Pacific & scalloped bonnetheads
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Frontiers | Ghosts of the current: environmental DNA assays to detect conservation priority areas for three critically endangered hammerhead sharks
Small-bodied hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna corona, S. media, and S. vespertina) are among the most threatened and understudied elasmobranchs, yet little is know...
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February 8, 2026 at 4:22 AM
🦈 #shark #hammerhead
This is a link to @diegocardenosa.bsky.social's Sept 2025 paper in Frontiers In Marine Science about the use of #eDNA to track scoophead, Pacific & scalloped bonnetheads
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
This is a link to @diegocardenosa.bsky.social's Sept 2025 paper in Frontiers In Marine Science about the use of #eDNA to track scoophead, Pacific & scalloped bonnetheads
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Long-Distance Movement by a Giant Freshwater Stingray, Potamotrygon brachyura, Challenges Our View on Movement Ecology and Management of Obligate Freshwater Elasmobranchs doi.org/10.1002/aqc....
Long-Distance Movement by a Giant Freshwater Stingray, Potamotrygon brachyura, Challenges Our View on Movement Ecology and Management of Obligate Freshwater Elasmobranchs
doi.org
July 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Long-Distance Movement by a Giant Freshwater Stingray, Potamotrygon brachyura, Challenges Our View on Movement Ecology and Management of Obligate Freshwater Elasmobranchs doi.org/10.1002/aqc....
The finding: no plastic (>1 mm) in any specimen. In marine plastic research, that's a rare and genuinely good result. It suggests pelagic elasmobranchs here may have lower plastic exposure than we'd assume, and gives us a solid baseline to track change over time.
August 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The finding: no plastic (>1 mm) in any specimen. In marine plastic research, that's a rare and genuinely good result. It suggests pelagic elasmobranchs here may have lower plastic exposure than we'd assume, and gives us a solid baseline to track change over time.
Come and see our poster at #SI2026 on distribution and habitat associations of threatened elasmobranchs in Scotland. Hall A over the next couple of days. See you there! 🦈
May 4, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Come and see our poster at #SI2026 on distribution and habitat associations of threatened elasmobranchs in Scotland. Hall A over the next couple of days. See you there! 🦈
I had the incredible privilege to see four baby sawfish in the Everglades.
These are the only elasmobranchs fully protected under the Endangered Species Act, despite the loss of over half the world’s shark and ray abundance in the past 50 years.
#MarineLife
These are the only elasmobranchs fully protected under the Endangered Species Act, despite the loss of over half the world’s shark and ray abundance in the past 50 years.
#MarineLife
April 11, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I had the incredible privilege to see four baby sawfish in the Everglades.
These are the only elasmobranchs fully protected under the Endangered Species Act, despite the loss of over half the world’s shark and ray abundance in the past 50 years.
#MarineLife
These are the only elasmobranchs fully protected under the Endangered Species Act, despite the loss of over half the world’s shark and ray abundance in the past 50 years.
#MarineLife
Living on the Extinction Edge: Resilience to Fishing and Rebound Potential of the Mediterranean Elasmobranchs onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Living on the Extinction Edge: Resilience to Fishing and Rebound Potential of the Mediterranean Elasmobranchs onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...