Regional Guides to Sharks

World-wide Coverage

Bannister, Keith. 1989. The Book of the Shark. New Burlington Books, London. 128 pp.

Carwardine, Mark and Ken Watterson. 2002. The Shark Watcher's Handbook. BBC Worldwide, London. 287 pp.

Compagno, Leonard J.V. 1984. Sharks of the World. FAO Species Catalogue, Vol. 4, Parts 1 (Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes) and 2 (Carcharhiniformes). United Nations Development Programme, Rome. 655 pp.

Compagno, Leonard J.V., Mark Dando, and Sarah Fowler. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. Collins, London. 368 pp.

Ferrari, Andrea and Antonella Ferrari. 2002. Sharks. Firefly Books, Toronto. 256 pp.

Garrick, J.A.F. 1982. Sharks of the Genus Carcharhinus. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. 445: 1-194.

Garrick, J.A.F., and Leonard P. Schultz. 1963. A Guide to the Kinds of Potentially Dangerous Sharks. Pp 3-60 In Perry W. Gilbert (ed.) Sharks and Survival. D.C. Heath and Co., Boston.

Hennemann, Ralf M. 2001. Sharks & Rays: Elasmobranch Guide of the World. IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt. 304 pp.

Michael, Scott W. 1993. Reef Sharks and Rays of the World. Sea Challengers, Monterey. 107 pp.

Mojetta, Angelo. 1997. Sharks: History and Biology of the Lords of the Sea. Swan Hill Press, Shropshire. 168 pp.

Perrine, Doug. 1995. Sharks. WorldLife Library. Voyageur Press, Stillwater. 72 pp.

Pope, Patricia E. 1973. Dictionary of Sharks. Great Outdoors Publishing Co., St. Petersburg. 88 pp.

Reader’s Digest Association (eds.) 1986. Sharks: Silent Hunters of the Deep. Reader’s Digest Association, Pleasantville. 208 pp.

Reader’s Digest Association (eds.) 1998. Reader’s Digest Explores: Sharks. Reader’s Digest Association, Pleasantville. 159 pp.

Springer, Stewart. 1979. A Revision of the Catsharks, Family Scyliorhinidae. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. 422: 1-152.

Steuben, Kuno S., and Gerhard Krefft. 1989. Die Haie der Sieben Meere: Arten, Lebensweise und Sportlicher Fang. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg. 157 pp.

Taylor, Leighton (ed.) 1997. The Nature Company Guides: Sharks & Rays. Time-Life Books/Weldon Owen Pty, Sydney. 288pp.

Van Grevelynghe, Géry, and Alain Diringer. 1999. Tout les Requins du Monde. Delachaux et Niestlé, Lausanne. 336 pp.

Arctic

Jensen, Ad. J. 1914. The Selachians of Greenland. Mindeskrift for Japetus Steenstrup (Copenhagen), 2(30): 1-40.

Central Pacific

Crow, Gerald L., and Jennifer Crites. 2002. Sharks and Rays of Hawai'i. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu. 203 pp.

Faughnan, Victor R. 1980. The National Shark-O-Pedia. Undersea Resources, Honolulu. 72 pp.

Johnson, Richard H. 1978. Sharks of Polynesia. Les Editions du Pacifique, Papeete. 170 pp.

Kato, Susumu, Stuart Springer, and Mary H. Wagner. 1967. Field Guide to Eastern Pacific and Hawaiian Sharks. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Circular 271. 47 pp.

Susumoto, Arnold. 1991. Sharks Hawai’i. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 44 pp.

Taylor, Leighton. 1993. Sharks of Hawai’i: Their Biology and Cultural Significance. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 126 pp.

Tinker, Spencer W., and Charles J. DeLuca. 1973. Sharks & Rays: a Handbook of the Sharks and Rays of Hawaii and the Central Pacific. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland. 80 pp.

Temperate Eastern Pacific

Castro, José I. 1983. The Sharks of North American Waters. Texas A&M University Press, College Station. 180 pp.

Dingerkus, Guido. 1985. The Shark Watchers’ Guide. Simon & Schuster, New York. 144 pp.

Ebert, David A. 2003. Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras of California. University of California Press, Berkeley. 284 pp.

Ellis, Richard. 1983. The Book of Sharks. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego. 256 pp.

Ferguson, Ava, and Gregor Cailliet. 1990. Sharks and Rays of the Pacific Coast. Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey. 64 pp.

Howorth, Peter C. 1992. Sharks: Shorelines of America. KC Publications, Las Vegas. 48 pp.

Kato, Susumu, Stuart Springer, and Mary H. Wagner. 1967. Field Guide to Eastern Pacific and Hawaiian Sharks. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Circular 271. 47 pp.

Paust, Brian, and Ronald Smith. 1986. Salmon Shark Manual: the Development of a Commercial Salmon Shark Lamna ditropis Fishery in the North Pacific. Alaska Sea Grant Report 86-01. 430 pp.

Roedel, Phil M., and Wm. Ellis Ripley. 1960. California Sharks and Rays. Calif. Dept. Nat. Res. Div. Fish & Game, Fish Bull. No. 75. 88 pp.

Walford, Lionel A., 1931. The Sharks and Rays of California. Calif. Div. Fish and Game, Bureau of Comm. Fish., Fish Bull. No. 45. 66 pp.

Tropical Eastern Pacific

Beebe, William, and John Tee-Van. 1941. Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXV, Fishes from the Tropical Eastern Pacific [From Cedros Island, Lower California, South to the Galapagos Islands and Northern Peru. Part 2. Sharks. Zoologica, 26(15): 93-122.

Castro, José I. 1983. The Sharks of North American Waters. Texas A&M University Press, College Station. 180 pp.

Dingerkus, Guido. 1985. The Shark Watchers’ Guide. Simon & Schuster, New York. 144 pp.

Ellis, Richard. 1983. The Book of Sharks. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego. 256 pp.

Ferguson, Ava, and Gregor Cailliet. 1990. Sharks and Rays of the Pacific Coast. Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey. 64 pp.

Howorth, Peter C. 1992. Sharks: Shorelines of America. KC Publications, Las Vegas. 48 pp.

Kato, Susumu. 1964. Sharks of the Genus Carcharhinus Associated with the Tuna Fishery in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. U.S. Dept. Interior, Fish and Wildl. Serv. Bur. Comm. Fish., Circ. 172: 1-22.

Kato, Susumu, Stuart Springer, and Mary H. Wagner. 1967. Field Guide to Eastern Pacific and Hawaiian Sharks. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Circular 271. 47 pp.

Paust, Brian, and Ronald Smith. 1986. Salmon Shark Manual: the Development of a Commercial Salmon Shark Lamna ditropis Fishery in the North Pacific. Alaska Sea Grant Report 86-01. 430 pp.

Roedel, Phil M., and Wm. Ellis Ripley. 1960. California Sharks and Rays. Calif. Dept. Nat. Res. Div. Fish & Game, Fish Bull. No. 75. 88 pp.

Rosenblatt, Richard H., and Wayne J. Baldwin. 1958. A Review of the Eastern Pacific Sharks of the Genus Carcharhinus, with a Redescription of C. malpoensis (Fowler) and California Records of C. remotus (Dumeril). Calif. Fish. Game, 44(2): 137-159.

Walford, Lionel A., 1931. The Sharks and Rays of California. Calif. Div. Fish and Game, Bureau of Comm. Fish., Fish Bull. No. 45. 66 pp.

Caribbean

Baughman, J.L., and Stewart Springer. 1950. Biological and Economic Notes on the Sharks of the Gulf of Mexico, with Especial Reference to those of Texas, and with a Key for their Identification. Am. Midl. Nat., 44(1): 97-152.

Castro, José I. 1983. The Sharks of North American Waters. Texas A&M University Press, College Station. 180 pp.

Faughnan, Victor R. 1980. The National Shark-O-Pedia. Undersea Resources, Honolulu. 72 pp.

Greenberg, Idaz, and Jerry Greenberg. 1981. Sharks and Other Dangerous Sea Creatures. SeahawkPress, Miami. 62 pp.

Gruber, Samuel H. 1991. Confusing Carcharhinids Revisited. Underw. Nat., 20(3): 28-30. [Followed, on p 30, by a short “Retort” by Meltzoff]

Gruber, Samuel H. 1993. Confusing Carcharhinids — the Final Chapter? Underw. Nat., 22(1): 16-23.

Martin, Richard. 1995. Shark Smart: The Divers’ Guide to Understanding Shark Behaviour. Diving Naturalist Press, North Vancouver. 192 pp. [My writing this book was, in part, inspired by the heated exchange between Gruber and Melzoff]

Meltzoff, Stanley. 1988. Confusing Caribbean Carcharinids [sic]. Underw. Nat., 17(4): 14-20. [Ironically, Meltzoff consistently misidentifies Carcharhinus perezi as C. limbatus]

Skocik, Regina D. 1974. The Sharks Around Us. Star Publishing Co., Boynton Beach. 206 pp.

Stafford-Deitsch, Jeremy. 2001. Sharks of Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico. Trident Press, London. 95 pp.

Western North Atlantic

Bigelow, Henry B., and William C. Schroeder. 1948. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part One: Lancelets, Cyclostomes, Sharks. Sears Foundation for Marine Research, New Haven. 576 pp.

Casey, John G. 1964. Anglers’ Guide to Sharks of the Northeastern United States, Maine to Chesapeake Bay. US Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife Circular No. 179, Washington DC. 32 pp.

Casey, J.G. 1971. Identification of the Sandbar (Brown) Shark (Carcharhinus milberti). Unpaginated Circular, NOAA-NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Center, Narragansett Lab. [Differentiation of juvenile Sandbar and Dusky sharks]

Casey, John, Harold Wes Pratt, and Charles Stillwell (eds.) 1978. Request for White Shark Sightings. Shark Tagger, Winter 1978-79 Overview, p 7. [Explains how to differentiate free-swimming White and Basking Sharks]

Casey, John, Harold Wes Pratt, and Charles Stillwell (eds.) 1979. Shark Identification: the Confusing Carcharhinids – “the Ridge Backs”. Shark Tagger, 1979 Overview, pp 6-7.

Casey, John, Harold Wes Pratt, and Charles Stillwell (eds.) 1980. Shark Identification: the Atlantic Mackerel Sharks (Family Lamnidae). Shark Tagger, 1980 Overview, pp 6-7.

Casey, John, Harold Wes Pratt, and Charles Stillwell (eds.) 1981. Shark Identification: Atlantic Thresher Sharks (Family Alopiidae). Shark Tagger, 1981 Overview, p 7.

Casey, John, Harold Wes Pratt, and Charles Stillwell (eds.) 1982. Shark Identification: the Temperate Hammerheads (Family Sphyrnidae). Shark Tagger, 1982 Overview, p 7.

Casey, John, Harold Wes Pratt, and Charles Stillwell (eds.) No Date. Identification of the Sandbar and Dusky Sharks. Unpaginated Circular, NOAA-NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Center, Narragansett Lab.

Castro, José I. 1983. The Sharks of North American Waters. Texas A&M University Press, College Station. 180 pp.

Dingerkus, Guido. 1985. The Shark Watchers’ Guide. Simon & Schuster, New York. 144 pp.

Ellis, Richard. 1983. The Book of Sharks. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego. 256 pp.

Faughnan, Victor R. 1980. The National Shark-O-Pedia. Undersea Resources, Honolulu. 72 pp.

Grace, Mark. 2001. Field Guide to Requiem Sharks (Elasmobranchiomorphi: Carcharhinidae) of the Western North Atlantic. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 153. 32 pp.

Greenberg, Idaz, and Jerry Greenberg. 1981. Sharks and Other Dangerous Sea Creatures. SeahawkPress, Miami. 62 pp.

King, Tom. 2000. Guide to New England Sharks. On The Water Magazine Special Publication, Falmouth. 34 pp.

Moore, Charles J., and Chales H. Farmer, III. 1981. An Angler’s Guide to South Carolina Sharks. Recreational Fisheries Office of Conservation, Management and Markerting, South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Charleston. 80 pp.

Nichols, John Treadwell, and Robert Cushman Murphy. 1926. Long Island Fauna. IV. The Sharks. Brooklyn Mus. Sci. Bull., 3(1): 1-34.

Parsons, Glenn R. 2006. Sharks, Skates, and Rays of the Gulf of Mexico: a Field Guide. University Press of Mississippi, Jackson. 165 pp.

Schwartz, Frank J. 1979. Sharks of North Carolina and Adjacent Waters. North Carolina Department of Natural and Economic Resources, Morehead City. 59 pp.

Schwartz, Frank J. 1984. Sharks, Sawfish, Skates and Rays of the Carolinas. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Morehead City. 101 pp.

Schwartz, Frank J. 1989. Sharks of the Carolinas. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Morehead City. 53 pp.

Schwartz, Frank J. 2003. Sharks, Skates and Rays of the Carolinas. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 161 pp.

Skocik, Regina D. 1974. The Sharks Around Us. Star Publishing Co., Boynton Beach. 206 pp.

Stafford-Deitsch, Jeremy. 2001. Sharks of Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico. Trident Press, London. 95 pp.

Templeman,Wilfred. 1963. Distribution of Sharks in the Canadian Atlantic (with Special Reference to Nwfoundland Waters). Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Bulletin No. 140. 77 pp.

Eastern North Atlantic/Mediterranean

Barrull, Joan, and Isabel Mate. 2002. Tiburones del Mediterráneo. Llibreria El Set-ciències, Arenys del Mar. 290 pp.

Cadenat, J., and J. Blanche. 1981. Requins de Méditerranée et d’ Atlantique (Plus Particuliérement de la Côte Occidentale d’ Afrique). Faune Tropicale XXI. ORSTROM, Paris. 330 pp.

De Maddalena, Alessandro. 2001. Squali Delle Acque Italiane. Guida Sintetica al
Riconoscimento. Ireco, Formello. 72 pp.

De Maddalena, Alessandro, and Harald Bänsch. 2005. Haie in Mittelmeer. Kosmos, Stuttgart. 239 pp.

Fergusson, Ian. 1996. Shark Alert. BBC Wildl., 14(9): 14-19.

Linnane, Kevin. 1974. Sharks. Osprey Publishing Ltd., Berkshire. 48 pp.

Moreno, Juan A. 1995. Guia de los Tiburones de Auguas Ibéricas, Atlático Nororiental y Mediterráneo. Ediciones Pirámide, Madrid. 310 pp.

Pirino, Renzo, and Maurilio Usai. 1991. Guida Agli del Mediterraneo: Gli Squali del Mediterraneo Visti da un Biologo e da un Pescatore di Squali. ED.AI, Firenze. 207 pp.

Séret, Bernard. 1999. Les Requins des Côtes Françaises. Editions Ouest-France, Rennes. 32 pp.

Vas, Philip. 1991. A Field Guide to the Sharks of British Coastal Waters. Field Studies, 7: 651-686.

West African

Cadenat, J., and J. Blanche. 1981. Requins de Méditerranée et d’ Atlantique (Plus Particuliérement de la Côte Occidentale d’ Afrique). Faune Tropicale XXI. ORSTROM, Paris. 330 pp.

Southern African

Bass, A.J., J.D. D’Aubrey, and N. Kistnasamy. 1973. Sharks of the East Coast of Southern Africa. I. The Genus Carcharhinus (Carcharhinidae). Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 33. Durban. 168 pp.

Bass, A.J., J.D. D’Aubrey, and N. Kistnasamy. 1975. Sharks of the East Coast of Southern Africa. II. The Families Scyliorhinidae and Pseudotriakidae. Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 37. Durban. 63 pp.

Bass, A.J., J.D. D’Aubrey, and N. Kistnasamy. 1975. Sharks of the East Coast of Southern Africa. III. The Families Carcharhinidae (excluding Mustelus and Carcharhinus) and Sphyrnidae. Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 38. Durban. 100 pp.

Bass, A.J., J.D. D’Aubrey, and N. Kistnasamy. 1975. Sharks of the East Coast of Southern Africa. IV. The Families Odontaspididae, Scapanorhynchidae, Isuridae, Cetorhinidae, Alopiidae, Orectolobidaeand Rhiniodontidae. Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 39. Durban. 102 pp.

Bass, A.J., J.D. D’Aubrey, and N. Kistnasamy. 1975. Sharks of the East Coast of Southern Africa. V. The Families Hexanchidae, Chlamydoselachidae, Heterodontidae, Pristiophoridae and Squatinidae. Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 43. Durban. 50 pp.

Bass, A.J., J.D. D’Aubrey, and N. Kistnasamy. 1976. Sharks of the East Coast of Southern Africa. VI. The Families Oxynotidae, Squalidae, Dalatiidae and Echinorhinidae. Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 45. Durban. 103 pp.

Cliff, G. and R.B. Wilson. 1994. Natal Sharks Board’s Field Guide to Sharks and Other Marine Animals. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga Rocks. 57 pp.

Compagno, Leonard J.V. 1986. Sharks of the Eastern Cape Coast. Ichthyos Field Guide No. 1, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown. 26 pp.

Compagno, Leonard J.V., David A. Ebert, and Malcolm J. Smale. 1989. Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. New Holland Publishers, London. 160 pp.

D’Aubrey, Jeannette D. 1964. Preliminary Guide to the Sharks Found Off the East Coast of South Africa. Oceanogr. Res. Inst. Invest. Rep., 8: 95.

van der Elst, Rudy, and Roy Vermeulen. 1986. Sharks and Stingrays. C. Struik Publishers, Capetown. 64 pp.

Wallett, Tim. 1978. Shark Attack and Treatment of Victims in Southern African Waters. C. Struik Publishers, Capetown. 184 pp.

Central Indian Ocean

Anderson, R. Charles. 1992. Divers’ Guide to the Sharks of the Maldives. Novelty Printers and Publishers, Malé. 64 pp.

Arabian

Baranes, Albert, and Adam Ben-Tuvia. 1978. On Sharks, Skates, and Rays in the Gulf of Elat. Israel – Land and Nature, 4(1): 20-28.

Gohar, H.A.F., and F.M. Mazhar. 1964. The Elasmobranchs of the North-Western Red Sea. Publ. Mar. Biol. Sta. Ghardaqa, No. 13: 1-144.

Randall, John E. 1986. Sharks of Arabia. IMMEL Publishing, London. 148 pp.

Stafford-Deitsch, Jeremy. 1999. Red Sea Sharks. Trident Press, London. 96 pp.

Southeast Asia

Chen, Che-Tsung, Tzyh-Chang Leu, and Jin-Hehn Wu. 1985. Sharks of the Genus Carcharhinus (Carcharhinidae) from Taiwan. J. Taiwan Mus, 38(2): 9-22.

Chen, Johnson T.F. 1963. A Review of the Sharks of Taiwan. Biol. Bul. Dep. Biol. Coll. Sci. Tunghai Univ. (Ichthyol. Ser., No. 1), 19: 1-102.

Lindberg, G.U., and M.I. Legeza. 1967. Fishes of the Sea of Japan and the Adjacent Areas of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Yellow Sea, Part 1: Amphioxi Petromyzones Myxini Elasmobranchii Holocephali. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem. 198 pp.

Monkolprasit, Supap. 1984. The Cartilaginous Fishes (Class Elasmobranchii) Found in Thai Waters and Adjacent Areas. Department of Fishery Biology Kasetsart University, Bankok. 175 pp.

Western Australian

Aitken, Kelvin. 1998. Sharks & Rays of Australia. New Holland (Australia), Sydney. 96 pp.

Coleman, Neville. 1992. Australia’s Sharks & Rays. National Book Distributors and Publishers, Frenchs Forest. 63 pp.

Daley, R.K., J.D. Stevens, P.R. Last, and G.K. Yearsley. CSIRO Marine Research, Collingwood. 84 pp.

Last, Peter R., and John D. Stevens. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO Australia. 513 pp.

McAuley, R., D. Newbound, and R. Ashworth. 2002. Field Identification Guide to Western Australian Sharks and Shark-like Rays. Western Australia Dept. of Fisheries, Perth. 25 pp.

Stead, David G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Angus & Robertson, Sydney. 211 pp.

Whitley, Gilbert P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia, Part 1: the Sharks, Rays, Devil-Fish and Other Primitive Fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney. 280 pp.

Whitley, Gilbert P, and Marcus L. Smith (ed.). 1981. Sharks of Australia. Jack Pollard Publishing, Sydney. 135 pp.

Southeastern Australian/New Zealand

Aitken, Kelvin. 1998. Sharks & Rays of Australia. New Holland (Australia), Sydney. 96 pp.

Coleman, Neville. 1992. Australia’s Sharks & Rays. National Book Distributors and Publishers, Frenchs Forest. 63 pp.

Cox, Geoffrey, and Malcolm Francis. 1997. Sharks and Rays of New Zealand. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. 68 pp.

Daley, R.K., J.D. Stevens, P.R. Last, and G.K. Yearsley. CSIRO Marine Research, Collingwood. 84 pp.

Last, Peter R., and John D. Stevens. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO Australia. 513 pp.

Phillips, W.J. 1946. Sharks of New Zealand. Dominion Mus. Rec. Zool., 1(2): 20 pp.

Stead, David G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Angus & Robertson, Sydney. 211 pp.

Whitley, Gilbert P, and Marcus L. Smith (ed.). 1981. Sharks of Australia. Jack Pollard Publishing, Sydney. 135 pp.

Northern Australian

Aitken, Kelvin. 1998. Sharks & Rays of Australia. New Holland (Australia), Sydney. 96 pp.

Coleman, Neville. 1992. Australia’s Sharks & Rays. National Book Distributors and Publishers, Frenchs Forest. 63 pp.

Daley, R.K., J.D. Stevens, P.R. Last, and G.K. Yearsley. CSIRO Marine Research, Collingwood. 84 pp.

Last, Peter R., and John D. Stevens. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO Australia. 513 pp.

Stead, David G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Angus & Robertson, Sydney. 211 pp.

Whitley, Gilbert P, and Marcus L. Smith (ed.). 1981. Sharks of Australia. Jack Pollard Publishing, Sydney. 135 pp.

Japanese

Jordan, David S., and Henry W. Fowler. 1903. A Review of the Elasmobranchiate Fishes of Japan. Proc. US Natl. Mus., 26(1324): 593-674.