| Contents |
Foreword / Eugenie Clark -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to use this book -- Description of species accounts -- Illustrations -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Knowledge and study of sharks -- Shark literature -- Key to the families of North American sharks -- Species accounts -- Family Chlamydoselachidae, The Frill Shark -- Frill shark -- Family Hexanchidae, The Cowsharks -- Sharpnose sevengill or perlon shark -- Sixgill shark -- Bigeye sixgill shark -- Broadnose sevengill shark -- Family Echinorhinidae, The Bramble Sharks -- Bramble shark -- Prickly shark -- Family Squalidae, The Dogfishes -- Roughskin spiny dogfish -- Spiny dogfish -- Cuban dogfish Shortspine dogfish -- Family Centrophoridae, The Gulper Sharks And Birdbeak Dogfishes -- Blackfin gulper shark -- Taiwan gulper shark -- Leafscale gulper shark Mosaic gulper shark -- Little gulper shark -- Minigulper -- Slender gulper -- Birdbeak dogfish -- Arrowhead dogfish -- Family Etmopteridae, The Black Dogfishes And Lanternsharks -- Black dogfish -- Pacific black dogfish -- Emerald or blurred lanternshark -- Lined lanternshark -- Broadband lanternshark -- Caribbean lanternshark -- Great lanternshark -- Fringefin lanternshark -- Green lanternshark -- Family Somniosidae, The Sleeper Sharks -- Portuguese shark -- Roughskin dogfish -- Velvet dogfish -- Greenland shark -- Pacific sleeper shark -- Little sleeper shark -- Family Oxynotidae, The Rough Sharks -- Caribbean roughshark -- Family Dalatiidae, The Kitefin Shark, The Cookiecutter Sharks, And Dwarf Sharks -- Kitefin shark -- Cookiecutter shark -- Largetooth cookiecutter shark -- Pygmy shark -- Spined pygmy shark -- Family Pristiophoridae, The Sawsharks -- American sawshark -- Family Squatinidae, The Angle Sharks -- Pacific angel shark -- Atlantic angel shark -- Gulf angel shark -- Mexican angel shark -- Family Heterodontidae, The Bullhead Sharks -- Horn shark -- Mexican horn shark -- Cryptic horn shark -- Family Ginglymostomatidae, The Nurse Sharks -- Nurse shark -- Pacific nurse shark -- Family Rhincodontidae, The Whale Shark -- Whale shark -- Family Mitsukurinidae, The Goblin Shark -- Goblin shark -- Faimly Odontaspididae, The Sand Tigers -- Sand tiger -- Ragged-tooth shark -- Bigeye sand tiger -- Family Pseudocarchariidae, The Crocodile Shark -- Crocodile shark -- Family Megachasmidae, The Megamouth Shark -- Megamouth shark -- Family Alopiidae, The Thresher Sharks -- Smalltooth thresher -- Bigeye thresher -- Common thresher -- Family Cetorhinidae, The Basking Shark -- Basking shark -- Family Lamnidae, The Mackerel Sharks -- White shark -- Shortfin mako -- Longfin mako -- Salmon shark -- Porbeagel -- Famlily Scyloirhinidae, The Catsharks -- Brown catshark -- Hoary catshark -- White-edge or longnose cagtshark -- Icelandic catshark -- Ghost catshark -- Black roughscale catshark -- Smallfin catshark -- Deep-water catshark -- Rivero's catshark -- Galbraith's catshark -- Swell shark -- Lollipop catshark -- Marbled catshark -- Springer's catshark -- Peppered catshark -- Campeche catshark -- Filetail catshark -- Narrowtail catshark -- Boa catshark -- Western catshark -- Mead's catshark -- Chain dogfish -- Oakley's catshark -- Dwarf catshark -- Family Proscyllidae, The Ribbontail Catsharks -- Cuban ribbontail catshark -- Family Pseudotriakidae, The False Catshark -- False catshark -- Family Triakidae, The Smoothhound Sharks -- Soupfin shark -- Whitetip smoothhound -- Gray smoothhound -- Smooth dogfish -- Sharptooth smoothhound -- Brown smoothhound -- Sicklefin smoothhound -- Florida smoothhound or Florida dogfish -- Gulf smoothhound -- Leopard shark -- Family Carcharhinidae, The Requiem Sharks -- Blacknose shark -- Silvertip shark -- Bighose shark -- Narrowtooth or copper shark -- Spinner shark -- Pacific smalltail shark -- Silky shark -- Galapagos shark -- Finetooth shark -- Bull shark -- Blacktip shark -- Oceanic whitetip shark -- Dusky shark -- Carribbean reef shark -- Sandbar shark -- Smalltail shark -- Night shark -- Tiger shark -- Daggernose shark -- Whitenose shark -- Lemon shark -- Blue shark -- Pacific sharpnose shark -- Atlantic sharpnose shark -- Whitetip reef shark -- Family Sphyrnidae, The Hammerhead Sharks -- Scalloped bonnethead -- Scalloped hammerhead -- Scoophead -- Great hammerhead -- Bonnethead -- Golden or smalleye hammerhead -- Smooth hammerhead -- Appendix 1: Primer on shark reproduction -- Appendix 2: Essay on the conservation of sharks -- References cited -- Glossary -- Scientific names -- Common names. |
| Abstract |
Product Description: Which species of sharks live within 500 nautical miles of North American shores, and what do we know about them? Jose I. Castro's The Sharks of North America is the first comprehensive book in sixty years to address these questions, and it does so with unrivaled authority and aesthetic detail. The 135 comprehensive species accounts summarize the present knowledge. Each begins with the etymology of a species' common and scientific names, followed by the description, identifying characteristics, geographic range, biology, reproduction, location of nurseries, growth and longevity, and relation to humans. These accounts synthesize decades of research and first-hand examination of sharks collected in fisheries and research operations across the continent. They are thorough, current, and dispel many myths and misunderstandings found in the scientific and popular literature. Each species is illustrated by one or more original profile figures in color, augmented by images of the snout, upper and lower teeth, and dermal denticles. The stunning color illustrations have been painted directly from freshly dead sharks or Castro's photographs of live or fresh specimens. Their anatomical accuracy and true-to-life coloration are unmatched. The detailed pen and ink drawings of the snout and teeth are crucial aids to species identification, as are the exquisite scanning electron microphotographs of dermal denticles. The Sharks of North America will serve as the standard reference on sharks for the twenty-first century and is certain to become the primary source of information for anyone interested in sharks, from professional biologists and conservationists to students, informed laypersons, and fishermen. |
