Sharks, Skates, and Rays

Successor to The Elasmobranch Fishes by Frank Daniel (1922), this title provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of elasmobranch morphology. Coverage includes anatomy and modern information on both physiology and biochemistry with equal treatment for both skates and rays.

Systematics and body form, Leonard J.V. Compagno; integumentary system and teeth, Norman E. Kemp; endoskeleton, Leonard J.V. Compagno; muscular system, Karen F. Liem, Adam P. Summers and Quenton Bone; digestive system, Suzanne Holmgren and Stephan Nilsson; respiratory system, P.J. Butler; circulatory system, Ramon Munoz-Chapuli and Geoffrey H. Satchell; the heart, Bruno Tota; nervous system, Michael R. Hoffman; special senses, Horst Bleckmann and Michael H. Hoffman; the rectal gland and volume homeostasis, Kenneth R. Olson; urinary system, Enrico Reale and Eric Lacy; female reproductive system, William C. Hamlett and Thomas J. Koob; male reproductive system, William C. Hamlett.