Goblin Shark Mitsukurina owstoni Not a great deal is known about this rare shark. Living in the deep ocean, the goblin shark catches prey by quickly projecting its jaw forward. This feature and its large extended snout prompted its fearsome name. Order – Lamniformes Family – Mitsukurinidae
Guyana, France, Madeira, Senegal, Portugal, Gulf of Guinea
Atlantic Torpedo Torpedo nobiliana This large ray has an oval pectoral disc, two lobed dorsal fins on its stout tail, and a large caudal (tail) fin, all dark gray-brown on top and light underneath. Kidney-shaped electric organs on either side of its head are barely visible in the pectoral fi
lives from Cap Blanc in Mauritania to the Gulf of Guinea
Tasselled Wobbegong Eucrossorhinus dasypogon This unusual carpet shark has a fringe along the front of its flat head, and an elaborate camouflage pattern, ideal for its ambush style of hunting. It usually grows to about 4 feet long, with broad, rounded pectoral fins, and a series of lobed fi
Ocean off eastern Indonesia (Waigeo, Aru), Papua New Guinea
Finetooth Shark Carcharhinus isodon This small slender shark gets its name from its rows of small, fine, clear teeth. This social shark forms schools to hunt fish like menhaden and mullet, sometimes energetically chasing them into the beach surf (Castro, 1993). Order – Carcharhiniformes Fa
eastern Atlantic Ocean, in particular in Senegal and Guinea-Bissau
In a genetic surprise, ancient DNA shows the closest family members of an extinct bird known as the Haitian cave-rail are not in the Americas, but Africa and the South Pacific, uncovering an unexpected link between Caribbean bird life and the Old World. Like many animals unique to the Caribbean,
that live in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and New Guinea
iDigBio, the National Science Foundation-sponsored project to help digitize the nation’s natural history collections, now houses more than 100 million specimen records in its online database, offering access to one of the largest virtual collections of life on Earth. Natural history collections w
native to continental Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea
Coming Soon Bornschein, M.R., M.R. Pie, J. Nadaline, A.E. Confetti, D.C. Blackburn, E.L. Stanley, R. de Britto Mari, G. Silveira Alves, F.F. de Andrade Lima, G. Sandretti-Silva, and L.F. Ribeiro. A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from Serra do Quiriri, northeastern Sa
Conraua) from the Fouta Djallon highlands, west-central Guinea
Ornate Wobbegong Orectolobus ornatus This type of carpet shark has a flat head and stocky body with a stout tail. It has nasal barbels and dermal lobes forming a fringe along the front of its face (Compagno 2001) and is usually a golden brown with dark broad saddles (Compagno 2005). A noctur
describe their range as including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
See full directory profile > Research Statement We live at a critical time for biodiversity. The biosphere is undergoing profound alterations as a result of human activities, with a mass extinction erasing much of our biological heritage before it is even documented. My research program is defi
Snails of Florida ID Guide Land Snails of Papua New Guinea
Tawny Nurse Shark Nebrius ferrugineus This large (up to 10 feet long) and bulky carpet shark tends to be gray-brown but can modify its color based on background. It sleeps in a favorite crevice or cave during the day, often piled up with other sharks, and hunts the sea floor during the night
southern Honshu), Philippines (Luzon), Papua New Guinea
