Klimley, A.P. & Grubbs, R.D. & Oddone, M.C. & Rosa, R.S. & Stevens, G.M.W. & Lezama-Ochoa, N. & Stewart, J.D. & Cronin, M.R. & Li, Y.K. (2025)
An introduction to one of two special issues on frontiers in elasmobranch biology. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 108(4), 437–439
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Birindelli, J.L.O. & Severo-Neto, F. & Moreira, C.R. & Colares, L.F. & Oliveira, L.P. & Montag, L.F.A. & Marinho, M.M.F. & Soares, K.D.A. & Shibatta, O.A. & Di Dario, F. & Pavanelli, C.S. & Sabaj, M.H. & Camelier, P. & Ferrer, J. & Mincarone, M.M. & Sousa, L.M. & Slobodian, V. & Buckup, P.A. & Malabarba, L.R. & Britto, M.R. & Py-Daniel, L.H.R. & Abilhoa, V. & Andrade, F.A.G. & Andrade, M. & Araújo, F.G. & Arend, U. & Silva, S.A.A. & Beltrao, G.B.M. & Bertaco, V.A. & Bichuette, M.E. & Bockmann, F.A. & Bonecker, A.C.T. & Brandao, H. & Brito, M.F.G. & Canto, A.L.C. & Carvalho, F.R. & Carvalho, L.N. & Casatti, L. & Castro, A.L.C. & Catella, A.C. & Chamon, C.C. & Chaves, A.S. & Cioato, A. & Citeli, N.Q.K. & Costa, W.J.E.M. & Dagosta, F.C.P. & Datovo, A. & Debona, T. & Doria, C.R.C. & Duboc, L.F. & Esguícero, A.L.H. & Faria, K.C. & Faria, V.V. & Ferreira, D.C. & Ferreira, K.M. & Ferreira, R.S.C. & Froes, M.M. & Gama, C.S. & Gutierre, S.M.M. & Henschel, E. & Iaeger, C.T. & Jerep, F.C. & Johann, L. & Katsuragawa, M. & Langeani, F. & Lima, F.C.T. & Lima, S.M.Q. & Lopes, P.R.D. & Lucena, C.A.S. & Lucinda, P.H.F. & Macêdo, C.F. & Machado, F.S. & Mahlmann, T. & Marques, A.D. & Velásquez, V.M. & Mattox, G.M.T. & Melo, F.A.G. & Melo, M.R.S. & Melo, R.M.C. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. & Nicola, P.A. & Oliveira, A.K. & Oliveira, L.R. & Oliveira, C. & Ota, R.P. & Ota, R.R. & Pantoja, D.L. & Pastana, M.N.L. & Pereira, L.H.G. & Pereira, T.N.A. & De Pinna, M.C.C. & Piorski, N.M. & Pompeu, P.S. & Reis, R.E. & Restello, R.M. & Ribeiro, A.C. & Ribeiro, F.R. & Ribeiro, M.C.L.B. & Rocha, M.L.F. & Rosa, R.S. & Santos, A.C.A. & Santos, G.B. & Santos, H.R.S. & Schwamborn, S.H.L. & Silva, A.L.B. & Da Silva, J.P.C.B. & Silva, M.J. & Súarez, Y.R. & Vilela, M.J.A. & Virgilio, L.R. & Wosiacki, W.B. & Zacardi, D.M. & Zanata, A.M. & Zani-Teixeira, M.L. (2025)
The CARDUME initiative: integrating Brazil's scientific fish collections to promote research and biodiversity conservation. Biological Journal of The Linnean Society, 146(3), Article blaf088
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf088
Marquez-Velasquez, V. & Navia, A.F. & Rosa, R.S. & Guimaraes, P.R. & Raimundo, R.L.G. (2021)
Resource partitioning between fisheries and endangered sharks in a tropical marine food web. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78, 2518–2527
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsab129
Márquez-Velásquez, V. & Rosa, R.S. & Galindo, E. & Navia, A.F. (2019)
Feeding habits and ecological role of the freshwater stingray Potamotrygon magdalenae (Duméril 1865) (Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae), combining gut-content and stable isotope analysis. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 102(8), 1119–1136
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-019-00897-0
de Carvalho, M.R. & Rosa, R.S. & de Araújo, M.L.G. (2016)
A new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) from the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil: the smallest species of Potamotrygon. Zootaxa, 4107(4), 566–586
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.4.5
de Souza Gama, C. & Rosa, R.S. (2015)
Uso de Recursos e Dieta das Raias de Água Doce (Chondrichthyes, Potamotrygonidae) da Reserva Biológica do Parazinho, AP (Resource use and diet of freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) of the Biological Reserve Parazinho, AP). Biota Amazônia, 5(1), 90–98
DOI: 10.18561/2179-5746/biotaamazonia.v5n1p90-98
Rada, D.P. & Burgess, G.H. & Rosa, R.S. & Gadig, O.B.F. (2015)
Necrophagy of a nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) by tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier). Universitas Scientiarum, 20(3), 313–320
DOI: 10.11144/Javeriana.SC20-3.noan
Gadig, O.B.F. & Rosa, R.S. (2014)
Diversity and conservation of the Brazilian marine Chondricthyes: an overview. Poster Abstract. In Programm and Poster Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 23
Rosa, R.S. (2014)
Evolución de condrictios [Abstract]. In Libro de resúmenes IV Encuentro colombiano sobre condrictios(2014 – Medellín): 9
Lasso, C.A. & Rosa, R.S. & Sánchez-Duarte, P. & Morales-Betancourt, M.A. & Agudelo-Córdoba, E. (2014)
Rayas de agua dulce (Potamotrygonidae) de Suramérica. Parte I. Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Perú, Brasil, Guyana, Surinam y Guayana francesa [Abstract]. In Libro de resúmenes IV Encuentro colombiano sobre condrictios(2014 – Medellín): 34
Wanderley, C.A. & Moro, G. & Viana, K.M.P. & Rosa, R.S. (2014)
Taxonomic redescription of Potamotrygon signata (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) [Abstract]. In Libro de resúmenes IV Encuentro colombiano sobre condrictios(2014 – Medellín): 53
Palmeira, A.R.O. & Rosa, R.S. (2014)
Caracterização morfométrica de embriões de Aetobatus narinari capturados no litoral oeste do ceará, Brasil [Abstract]. In Libro de resúmenes IV Encuentro colombiano sobre condrictios(2014 – Medellín): 95
Palmeira, A.R.O. & Rosa, R.S. & de Araújo, M.L.G. (2014)
Utilização do estuário do rio Camará, no pará, como área de berçário de raias no norte do Brasil (Elasmobranchii: Batoidei) [Abstract]. In Libro de resúmenes IV Encuentro colombiano sobre condrictios(2014 – Medellín): 96
Rosa, R.S. & Gadig, O.B.F. (2014)
Conhecimento da diversidade dos Chondrichthyes marinhos no Brasil: a contribuição de José Lima de Figueiredo. Arquivos de Zoologia, 45, 89–104
Lasso, C.A. & Rosa, R.S. & Sánchez-Duarte, P. & Morales-Betancourt, M.A. & Agudelo-Córdoba, E. (2013)
IX. Rayas de agua dulce (Potamotrygonidae) de Suramérica. Parte I. Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Perú, Brasil, Guyana, Surinam y Guayana Francesa: diversidad, bioecología, uso y conservación. Serie Editorial Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros Continentales de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de los Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt(IAvH). Bogotá, D. C., Colombia. 368 pp.
Moro, G. & Charvet, P. & Rosa, R.S. (2012)
Insectivory in Potamotrygon signata (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae), an endemic freshwater stingray from the Parnaiba River basin, northeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 72(4), 885–891
Shibuya, A. & Rosa, R.S. (2011)
Diet composition of Dasyatis marianae (Elasmobranchii: Dasyatidae) off Paraíba State, Brazil. (Composição da dieta de Dasyatis marianae (Elasmobranchii: Dasyatidae) da costa da Paraíba, Brasil). Arquivos de Ciências do Mar, 44(2), 89–92
Rosa, R.S. & Charvet-Almeida, P. & Diban Quijada, C.C. (2010)
Biology of the South American Potamotrygonid Stingrays. In Carrier, J.C. & Musick, J.A. & Heithaus, M.R. (Eds) Sharks and Their Relatives II: Biodiversity, Adaptive Physiology, and Conservation. CRC Press, Boca Raton: 241–282
Freitas, R.H.A. & Rosa, R.S. & Wetherbee, B.M. & Gruber, S.H. (2009)
Population size and survivorship for juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) on their nursery grounds at a marine protected area in Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 7(2), 205–212
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252009000200011
Rosa, R.S. (2009)
Elasmobranchii. In Da ROCHA, R.M. & BOEGER, W.A. (Eds) Estado da arte e perspectivas para a Zoologia no Brasil, Curitiba, 17/02 a. 21/02/2008; Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia: 203–210
Aguiar, A.A. & Valentin, J.L. & Rosa, R.S. (2009)
Habitat use by Dasyatis americana in a south-western Atlantic oceanic island. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 89(6), 1147–1152
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315409000058
Rosa, R.S. & de Carvalho, M.R. & de Almeida Wanderley, C. (2008)
Potamotrygon boesemani (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae), a new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray from Surinam. Neotropical Ichthyology, 6(1), 1–8
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252008000100001
de Souza, A.T. & Di Iulio Ilarri, M. & de Medeiros, P.R. & Grotta Grempel, R. & Rosa, R.S. & Sampaio, C.L.S. (2007)
Fishes (Elasmobranchii and Actinopterygii) of Picaozinho reef, Northeastern Brazil, with notes on their conservation status. Zootaxa, 1608, 11–19
Wetherbee, B.M. & Gruber, S.H. & Rosa, R.S. (2007)
Movement patterns of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris within Atol das Rocas, Brazil: a nursery characterized by tidal extremes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 343, 283–293
DOI: 10.3354/meps06920
Freitas, R.H.A. & Rosa, R.S. & Gruber, S.H. & Wetherbee, B.M. (2006)
Early growth and juvenile population structure of lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris in the Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve, off north-east Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, 68(5), 1319–1332
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.00999.x
Castro, A.L.F. & Rosa, R.S. (2005)
Use of natural marks on population estimates of the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, at Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve, Brazil. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 72(3), 213–221
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-1479-7
Charvet-Almeida, P. & Rosa, R.S. & Almeida, M.P. (2005)
Paratrygon aiereba: A multi-species complex (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 21th Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida
Rosa, R.S. & Araújo, M.L.G. (2005)
Species accounts: Potamotrygon henlei, Potamotrygon leopoldi In Fowler, S.L., Cavanagh, R.D., Camhi, M., Burgess, G.H., Cailliet, G.M., Fordham, S.V., Simpfendorfer, C.A. and Musick, J.A.(comp. and Ed.). Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras: The Status of the Chondrichthyan Fishes. Status Survey. IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: 344–345
Shibuya, A. & Rosa, R.S. & Gadig, O.B.F. (2005)
Stomach contents of Galeocerdo cuvier and Carcharhinus plumbeus (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhinidae) caught off Paraíba State, Brazil. Arquivos de Ciências do Mar, 38, 105–107
Shibuya, A. & Rosa, R.S. & Soares, M.C. (2005)
Note on the diet of the guitarfish Rhinobatos percellens (Walbaum, 1792) (Elasmobranchii: Rhinobatidae) from the coast of Paraíba, Brazil. Acta Biologica Leopoldensia, 27(1), 63–64
Feitoza, B.M. & Rosa, R.S. & Rocha, L.A. (2005)
Ecology and Zoogeography of Deep-Reef Fishes in Northeastern Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science, 76(3), 725–742
de Carvalho, M.R. & Lovejoy, N.R. & Rosa, R.S. (2003)
Family Potamotrygonidae. In R.E. Reis, C.J. Ferraris, Jr., and S.O. Kullander(editors), Checklist of freshwater fishes of South and Central America: 22–29
Charvet-Almeida, P. & de Araújo, M.L.G. & Rosa, R.S. & Rincón, G. (2002)
Neotropical Freshwater Stingrays: diversity and conservation status. Shark News, Newsletter of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group, 14, 1–2
Gomes, U.L. & Rosa, R.S. & Gadig, O.B.F. (2000)
Dasyatis macrophthalma sp. n.: a new species of stingray (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Copeia, 2000(2), 510–515
Rosa, R.S. & Gadig, O.B.F. & Gomes, U.L. (2000)
Dasyatis marianae: the correct name for a recently described stingray (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Copeia, 2000(3), 889–890
Wetherbee, B.M. & Gruber, S.H. & Rosa, R.S. & Garla, R.C. (2000)
Tidally based activity patterns of neonate lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) at Atol das Rocas, Brazil [Abstract]. American Elasmobranch Society 16th Annual Meeting, 14–20 June 2000, La Paz, Mexico
Gadig, O.B.F. & Rosa, R.S. (1996)
Occurrence of the White Shark along the Brazilian Coast. In A.P. Klimley & D. Ainley, (Eds.), Great White Sharks. The biology of Carcharodon carcharias (pp. 347–350). Academic Press.
Rosa, R.S. & Menezes, N.A. (1996)
Relação preliminar das espécies de peixes (Pisces, Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii) ameaçadas no Brasil. [Preliminary list of endangered fish species (Pisces, Elasmobranchii , Actinopterygii) in Brazil.] Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 13(3), 647–667
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81751996000300015
Rosa, R.S. & Gomes, U.L. & Gadig, O.B.F. (1996)
Um caso de teratogenia na raia de água doce Potamotrygon motoro (Natterer in Müller & Henle, 1841) (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Revista Nordestina de Biologia, 11 82): 125–132
Rosa, R.S. (1990)
Paratrygon aiereba (Müller & Henle, 1841): the senior synonym of the freshwater stingray Disceus thayeri Garman, 1913 (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 7(4), 425–437
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81751990000400001
Rosa, R.S. & Castello, H.P. & Thorson, T.B. (1987)
Plesiotrygon iwamae, a new genus and species of neotropical freshwater stingray (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Copeia, 1987(2), 447–458
Rosa, R.S. (1985)
Further comment on the nomenclature of the freshwater stingray Elipesurus spinicauda Schomburgk, 1843 (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 3(1), 27–31
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81751985000100003
Rosa, R.S. (1985)
A systematic revision of the South American freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Ph.D. Dissertation. The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 542 p.