"Sharks" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A group of elongate elasmobranchs. Sharks are mostly marine fish, with certain species large and voracious.
| Descriptor ID |
D012754
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.370.853
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sharks" by people in Profiles.
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Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 3Redescription of Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque) with a discussion of its complicated nomenclatural history. Zootaxa. 2022 Jun 20; 5155(1):1-51.
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A new Western North Atlantic Ocean kitefin shark (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa. 2019 Jun 18; 4619(1):zootaxa.4619.1.4.
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Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 2-Description of two new species of Centrophorus and clarification of the status of Centrophorus lusitanicus Barbosa du Bocage & de Brito Capello, 1864. Zootaxa. 2017 Nov 06; 4344(1):86-114.
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Bythaelurus bachi n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes,?Scyliorhinidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, with a review of Bythaelurus species and a key to their identification. Zootaxa. 2016 Dec 19; 4208(5):zootaxa.4208.5.1.
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Galeus corriganae sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa. 2016 Dec 06; 4205(3):zootaxa.4205.3.5.
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DNA capture reveals transoceanic gene flow in endangered river sharks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Oct 27; 112(43):13302-7.
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Rediscovery of the Threatened River Sharks, Glyphis garricki and G. glyphis, in Papua New Guinea. PLoS One. 2015; 10(10):e0140075.
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First record of Mollisquama sp. (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Dalatiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico, with a morphological comparison to the holotype description of Mollisquama parini Dolganov. Zootaxa. 2015 Apr 22; 3948(3):587-600.
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A description of the mitogenome of the Endangered Taiwanese angelshark, Squatina formosa. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016; 27(2):1305-6.
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the blacknose shark Carcharhinus acronotus (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhinidae). Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016; 27(1):169-70.