S.A.R. WEBSITE UPDATES
A list of updates to sharksandrays.com. Most updates link to newly added species, or pages with new images or updated information about existing species.
May 2025
A new species of houndshark Iago gopalakrishnani added to the Taxonomic List of Extant Elasmobrachs.
Bineesh, K.K. & Beura, S. & Das, M. & Nashad, M. & Akhilesh, K.V. (2025): Description of a new species of hound shark of the genus Iago (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae) from the northern Indian Ocean. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 72(1), 18–28
April 2025
Brazilian Saltwater RayPhotography Trip Report add to the Field Trips Page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/brazilian-saltwater-ray-photography-expedition/
Blackspotted Catshark (Halaelurus buergeri) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/blackspotted-catshark/
Draughtsboard Shark (Cephaloscyllium isabella) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/draughtsboard-shark/
Spotted Estuary Smoothhound Shark (Mustelus lenticulatus) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/spotted-estuary-smoothhound-shark/
March 2025
Australian Elephantfish (Callorhinchus milii) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/australian-elephantfish/
Australian Blackspotted Catshark (Aulohalaelurus labiosus) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/australian-blackspotted-catshark/
February 2025
Papua New Guinea Endemic Epaulette Shark Photography Field Trip Report added to SAR Photography Trip Reports Page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/epaulette-shark-photography-expedition-png/
Western Wobbegong (Orectolobus hutchinsi) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/western-wobbegong/
December 2024
New Broad Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus ater) images from Heron Island added to the Broad Cowtail Ray Page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/broad-cowtail-stingray/
Smallthorn Sandskate (Psammobatis rudis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/smallthorn-sandskate/
October 2024
Starry Round Ray (Urotrygon asterias) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/starry-round-ray/
Tapajos River Stingray (Potamotrygon albimaculata) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/tapajos-river-stingray/
Pearl River Stingray (Potamotrygon jabuti) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/pearl-river-stingray/
August 2024
Banded Numbfish (Narcinops westraliensis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/banded-numbfish/
July 2024
Mangrove Whipray (Urogymnus granulatus) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/mangrove-whipray/
Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/epaulette-shark/
Giant Guitarfish (Glaucostegus typus) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/giant-guitarfish/
June 2024
New Bottlenose Wedgefish images from Heron Island added to the Bottlenose Wedgefish Page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/bottlenose-wedgefish/
New Porcupine Whipray images from Heron Island added to the Porcupine Whipray Page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/porcupine-whipray/
Ningaloo Maskray (Neotrygon ningalooensis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/ningaloo-maskray/
Painted Maskray (Neotrygon leylandi) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/painted-maskray/
Australian Whipray (Himantura australis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/australian-whipray/
Australian Bluespotted Maskray (Neotrygon australiae) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/australian-bluespotted-maskray/
May 2024
Japanese Eagle Ray (Myliobatis tobijei) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/japanese-eagle-ray/
April 2024
Graceful Catshark (Proscyllium habereri) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/graceful-catshark/
New Izu Stingray (Hemitrygon izuensis) images from Ainan, Kyushu added to the Izu Stingray page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/izu-stingray/
New Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygius) images from Broughton Island added to the Coffin Ray page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/coffin-ray/
Clouded Angelshark (Squatina nebulosa) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/clouded-angelshark/
Smalltooth Stingray (Hypanus rudis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/smalltooth-stingray/
Mexican Hornshark (Heterodontus mexicanus) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/mexican-horn-shark/
March 2024
Onefin Electric Ray (Narke capensis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/onefin-electric-ray/
Backwater Butterfly Ray (Gymnura natalensis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/backwater-butterfly-ray/
February 2024
Brownspotted Torpedo Ray (Torpedo sp.) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/brownspotted-torpedo-ray/
Whitespotted Torpedo Ray (Torpedo sp.) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/whitespotted-torpedo-ray/
Rosette Torpedo Ray (Torpedo bauchotae) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/rosette-torpedo-ray/
West African Torpedo Ray (Torpedo mackayana) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/west-african-torpedo-ray/
January 2024
Blonde Skate added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/blonde-skate/
Mediterranean Rough Skate added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/mediterranean-rough-skate/
December 2023
Papuan Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium hallstromi) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/papuan-epaulette-shark/
Hooded Carpetshark (Hemiscyllium strahani) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/hooded-carpetshark/
Leopard Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium michaeli) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/leopard-epaulette-shark/
November 2023
New Bottlenose Guitarfish images added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/bottlenose-guitarfish/
October 2023
Shortnose Guitarfish (Zapteryx brevirostris) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/shortnose-guitarfish/
New Spiny Butterfly Ray images from the Mediterranean added to the SAR database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/spiny-butterfly-ray/
New Whitespotted Bamboo Shark images from Japan added to the SAR database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/whitespotted-bamboo-shark/
New Marbled Torpedo Ray images from France and Spain added to the SAR database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/marbled-torpedo-ray/
New Longnose Stingray images added from Brazil to the SAR database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/longnose-stingray/
New Porbeagle Shark images from France added to the Porbeagle Shark Page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/porbeagle-shark/
September 2023
Brazilian Electric Ray (Narcine brasiliensis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/brazilian-electric-ray/
Bullnose Eagle Ray (Myliobatis freminvillei) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/bullnose-eagle-ray/
New Smalleyed Skate images from Weymouth Bay added to the Smalleyed Skate page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/smalleyed-skate/
Groovebelly Stingray (Dasyatis hypostigma) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/groovebelly-stingray/
Brazilian Large-eyed Stingray (Hypanus marianae) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/brazilian-large-eyed-stingray/
Lutz’s Stingray (Hypanus berthalutzae) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/lutz-stingray/
August 2023
Common Torpedo Ray (Torpedo torpedo) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/common-torpedo-ray/
Common Guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/common-guitarfish/
New Common Eagle Ray (Myliobatis aquila) images added to the Common Eagle Ray page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/common-eagle-ray/
July 2023
New Smallspotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) images added to the Smallspotted Catshark page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/smallspotted-catshark/
Common Stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/common-stingray
April 2023
Additional Sepia Stingray (Urolophus aurantiacus) images added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/sepia-stingray
Additional Japanese Wobbegong (Hemitrygon izuensis) images added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/japanese-wobbegong
March 2023
Izu Stingray (Hemitrygon izuensis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/izu-stingray
Colclough’s Shark (Brachaelurus colcloughi) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/colcloughs-shark
Coral Sea Maskray (Neotrygon trigonoides) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/coral-sea-maskray
Malacca Strait Bluespotted Maskray (Neotrygon malaccensis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/malacca-strait-bluespotted-maskray
Moluccan Bluespotted Maskray (Neotrygon moluccensis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/moluccan-bluespotted-maskray
Crested Hornshark (Heterodontus galeatus) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/crested-hornshark
Melbourne Skate (Spiniraja whitleyi) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/melbourne-skate
Australian Thornback Skate (Dentiraja lemprieri) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/australian-thornback-skate/
February 2023
Australian Swellshark (Cephaloscyllium laticeps) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/australian-swellshark/
Eastern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/eastern-fiddler-ray/
Southern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina dumerilii) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/southern-fiddler-ray/
January 2023
Western Shovelnose Ray (Aptychotrema vincentiana) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/western-shovelnose-ray/
Additional Kapala Stingaree (Urolophus kapalensis) images added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/kapala-stingaree/
Additional Common Stingaree (Trygonoptera testacea) images added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/spotted-stingaree/
Additional Spotted Stingaree (Urolophus gigas) images added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/spotted-stingaree/
Banded Stingaree (Urolophus cruciatus) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/banded-stingaree/
Sparsely-spotted Stingaree (Urolophus paucimaculatus) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/sparsely-spotted-stingaree/
Western Shovelnose Stingaree (Trygonoptera mucosa) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/western-shovelnose-stingaree/
October 2022
New Tope images from South Africa added to the Tope Shark page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/tope-shark/
New Paraná Freshwater Stingray images from the Rio Triste added to the Paraná Freshwater Stingray page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/reticulated-freshwater-stingray/
Striped Panray (Zanobatus schoenleinii) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/striped-panray/
September 2022
Round Fantail Stingray images from Senegal added to the Round Stingray page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/round-stingray/
Pearl Whipray (Fontitrygon margaritella) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/pearl-whipray/
Juvenile Thornback Skate images added to the Thornback skate page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/thornback-skate/
Smalleyed Skate (Raja microocellata) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/smalleyed-skate/
June 2022
Leopard Catshark Indian Ocean Pattern Variant images added to the Leopard Catshark page:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/leopard-catshark/
Gulf Torpedo Ray (Torpedo sinuspersici) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/persian-gulf-torpedo-ray/
May 2022
Biscuit Skate (Raja straeleni) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/biscuit-skate/
Brown Shyshark (Haplobepharus fuscus) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/brown-shyshark/
April 2022
Indian Ocean Bluespotted Maskray (Neotrygon indica) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/indian-ocean-bluespotted-maskray/
Southern Banded Guitarfish (Zapteryx xyster) added to the Sharks and Rays Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/southern-banded-guitarfish/
March 2022
Spinytail Round Ray (Urotrygon aspidura) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/spinytail-round-ray/
February 2022
Pacific Chupare Stingray (Styracura pacifica) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/pacific-chupare-stingray/
Mazatlan Butterfly Ray (Gymnura crebripunctata) added to the Elasmobranch Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/mazatlan-butterfly-ray/
Chilean Round Ray (Urotrygon chilensis) added to the Shark and Ray Database:
https://www.sharksandrays.com/chilean-round-ray/
June 2021
The enormous task of fully rewriting 196 species accounts and the reediting of more than 20,000 images of sharks, rays, and chimaeras is completed!
September 2020
The bare bones framework of sharksandrays.com goes online as a much needed replacement for Elasmodiver.com; a popular but antiquated database of shark and ray information and images.