Aitchison, R.M. & Ebert, D.A. & Séret, B. & Weigmann, S. (2024)
Review of three southwestern Indian Ocean species of Rhinobatos (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae)- Endangered Species Research, 53, 67–87
DOI: 10.3354/esr01286

Pollerspöck, J. & Weigmann, S. & Seret, B. & Straube, N. (2023)
Comment on “4.4 First record of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 (Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae) in the Mediterranean Sea” by Athanasios Anastasiadis, Evangelos Papadimitriou and Frithjof C. Küpper in: Kousteni, V., Anastasiadis, A., Bariche, M., Battaglia, P., Bonifazi, A. et al. (2022). New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (May 2022). Mediterranean Marine Science, 23 (3), 417-446 Mediterranean Marine Science, 24(1), 101–103
DOI: 10.12681/mms.31742

Weigmann, S. & Vaz, D.F.B. & Akhilesh, K.V. & Leeney, R.H. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2023)
Revision of the Western Indian Ocean Angel Sharks, Genus Squatina (Squatiniformes, Squatinidae), with Description of a New Species and Redescription of the African Angel Shark Squatina africana Regan, 1908. Biology, 12(7), Article 975
DOI: 10.3390/biology12070975

Weigmann, S. & Reinecke, T. (2023)
Additions to the Taxonomy of the Antarctic Dark-Mouth Skate Bathyraja arctowskii (Dollo, 1904), with Descriptions of the Syntypes and Morphology of Teeth, Dermal Denticles and Thorns. Diversity, 15(8), Article 899
DOI: 10.3390/d15080899

Last, P.R. & Weigmann, S. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2023)
The Indo-Pacific Stingray Genus Brevitrygon (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae): Clarification of Historical Names and Description of a New Species, B. manjajiae sp. nov., from the Western Indian Ocean. Diversity, 15(12), Article 1213
DOI: 10.3390/d15121213

Agne, S. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Preick, M. & Yang, L. & Thiel, R. & Weigmann, S. & Paijmans, J.L.A. & Barlow, A. & Hofreiter, M. & Straube, N. (2022)
Taxonomic Identification of Two Poorly Known Lantern Shark Species Based on Mitochondrial DNA From Wet-Collection Paratypes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Article fevo.2022.910009
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.910009

Gabbanelli, V. & Naylor, G.J.P. & Weigmann, S. & Yang, L. & Vazquez, D.M. & Last, P. & de Astarloa, J.M.D. & Mabragaña, E. (2022)
Morphological and Molecular Evidence Reveals Zearaja brevicaudata (Marini, 1933) is a Senior Synonym of Dipturus lamillai Concha, Caira, Ebert & Pompert 2019 Zoological Studies, 61, Article 76

Stehmann, M.F.W. & Weigmann, S. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2021)
First complete description of the dark-mouth skate Raja arctowskii Dollo, 1904 from Antarctic waters, assigned to the genus Bathyraja (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae) Marine Biodiversity, 51(1), Article 18
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-020-01124-1

Weigmann, S. & Séret, B. & Stehmann, M.F.W. (2021)
Notoraja hesperindica sp. nov., a new colorful deep-sea softnose skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Arhynchobatidae) and first generic record from the western Indian Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, 51(2), Article 35
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-021-01162-3

Bogorodsky, S.V. & Zajonz, U. & Saeed, F.N. & Weigmann, S. (2021)
Notes on batoid fishes of the Socotra Archipelago (north-western Indian Ocean), with four new records. Zootaxa, 4951(3), 511–528
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.5

Ebert, D.A. & Leslie, R.W. & Weigmann, S. (2021)
Etmopterus brosei sp. nov.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade. Marine Biodiversity, 51(3), Article 53
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-021-01173-0

Weigmann, S. & Ebert, D.A. & Séret, B. (2021)
Resolution of the Acroteriobatus leucospilus species complex, with a redescription of A. leucospilus (Norman, 1926) and descriptions of two new western Indian Ocean species of Acroteriobatus (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinobatidae). Marine Biodiversity, 51(4), Article 58
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-021-01208-6

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Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact. Conservation Biology, 35(6), 1833–1849
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13756

Krajangdara, T. & Khudamrongsawat, J. & Chaorattana, C. & Promnun, P. & Weigmann, S. (2021)
Morphological and molecular examinations of a northwestern Indian Ocean population of the African angelshark, Squatina cf. africana Regan, 1908 (Chondricthyes: Squatiniformes: Squatinidae) with remarks on intraspecific variations. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, 79, 17–30
DOI: 10.14456/pmbcrb.2021.18

Mas, F. & Forselledo, R. & Domingo, A. & Pin, O. & Troncoso, P. & Errico, E. & Marquez, A. & Tanaka, S. & Weigmann, S. (2020)
New records and range extension of the Portuguese dogfish Centroscymnus coelolepis in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, with comments on its morphology. Journal of Fish Biology, 96(3), 601–616
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14246

Weigmann, S. & Gon, O. & Leeney, R.H. & Barrowclift, E. & Berggren, P. & Jiddawi, N. & Temple, A.J. (2020)
Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of P. warreni Regan. PLoS ONE, 15(3), Article e0228791
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228791

Ebert, D.A. & Akhilesh, K.V. & Weigmann, S. (2019)
Planonasus indicus sp. n., a new species of pygmy false catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Pseudotriakidae), with a revised diagnosis of the genus and key to the family. Marine Biodiversity, 49(3), 1321–1341
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-018-0915-4

Ehemann, N.R. & González-González, L.D.V. & Tagliafico, A. & Weigmann, S. (2019)
Updated taxonomic list and conservation status of chondrichthyans from the exclusive economic zone of Venezuela, with first generic and specific records. Journal of Fish Biology, 95(3), 753–771
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14061

White, W.T. & Fahmi & Weigmann, S. (2019)
A new genus and species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from eastern Indonesia. Zootaxa, 4691(5), 444–460
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.2

Weigmann, S. & Kaschner, C.J. & Thiel, R. (2018)
A new microendemic species of the deep-water catshark genus Bythaelurus (Carcharhiniformes, Pentanchidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, with investigations of its feeding ecology, generic review and identification key. PLoS ONE, 13(12), Article e0207887
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207887

Weigmann, S. (2017)
Reply to Borsa (2017): Comment on ‘Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity by Weigmann (2016)’. Journal of Fish Biology, 90, 1176–1181
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13234

Weigmann, S. (2017)
The western Indian Ocean as a newly discovered biodiversity hotspot for deep-water catsharks of the genus Bythaelurus, with presentation of a new species [Abstract]. European Elasmobranch Association(EEA) 2017, Amsterdam: 70

Zidowitz, H. & Kaschner, C. & Magath, V. & Thiel, Re. & Weigmann, S. & Thiel, R. (2017)
Gefährdung und Schutz der Haie und Rochen in den deutschen Meeresgebieten der Nord- und Ostsee. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN-Skripten, 450: 225pp

Weigmann, S. & Kaschner, C.J. (2017)
Bythaelurus vivaldii, a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean off Somalia. Zootaxa, 4263(1), 97–119
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.4

Last, P.R. & Séret, B. & Stehmann, M.F.W. & Weigmann, S. (2016)
Skates, Family Rajidae. In Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W & Naylor, G.J.P(Eds.) Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne: 204–363

Last, P.R. & Stehmann, M.F.W. & Séret, B. & Weigmann, S. (2016)
Softnose Skates, Family Arhynchobatidae. In Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W & Naylor, G.J.P(Eds.) Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne: 364–472

Séret, B. & Last, P.R. & Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M.F.W. (2016)
Legskates, Family Anacanthobatidae. In Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W & Naylor, G.J.P(Eds.) Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne: 494–508

Weigmann, S. & Séret, B. & Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. (2016)
Pygmy Skates, Family Gurgesiellidae. In Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R. de, Séret, B., Stehmann, M.F.W & Naylor, G.J.P(Eds.) Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne: 473–493

Moore, A.B.M. & Weigmann, S. (2016)
Raja pita IUCN 2016, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2016, https://www.iucnredlist.org
DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T161723A90017155.en

Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M.F.W. (2016)
Sinobatis brevicauda n. sp., a new deep-water legskate (Rajiformes, Anacanthobatidae) and first generic record from the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4137(4), 478–500
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.2

Weigmann, S. & Vaz, D.F.B. & White, W.T. & de Carvalho, M.R. & Thiel, R. (2016)
Distribution and comments on the morphology of Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae), with focus on its occurrence in the Indian Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, 46(3), 641–653
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-015-0413-x

Last, P.R. & Weigmann, S. & Dumale, D. (2016)
A new skate genus Orbiraja (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa, 4184(1), 52–62
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.3

Weigmann, S. (2016)
Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88(3), 837–1037
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12874

Ebert, D.A. & Straube, N. & Leslie, R.W. & Weigmann, S. (2016)
Etmopterus alphus n. sp.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the south-western Indian Ocean. African Journal of Marine Science, 38(3), 329–340
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2016.1198275

Stehmann, M.F.W. & Weigmann, S. (2016)
A new deepwater legskate, Sinobatis kotlyari n. sp. (Rajiformes, Anacanthobatidae) from the southeastern Indian Ocean on Broken Ridge. Zootaxa, 4189(2), 327–347
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.2.8

Last, P.R. & Weigmann, S. & Yang, L. (2016)
Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes). In Rays of the World: Supplementary information(Last, P. R. & Yearsley, G. K., eds), CSIRO Special Publication: 11–34

Weigmann, S. & Ebert, D.A. & Clerkin, P.J. & Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. (2016)
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, 4208(5), 401–432
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.1

Weigmann, S. (2015)
New findings from Area 51 – Taxonomy in modern cartilaginous fish research. Shark Focus, 53: 12–13

Weigmann, S. (2015)
Cartilaginous fishes of the deep western Indian Ocean [Abstract]. Book of Abstracts. International Theoretical and Practical Conference, Study and Preservation of Maritime Heritage. Kaliningrad, Russia, 7.–11. April 2015

Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2015)
Okamejei ornata n. sp., a new deep-water skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 115, 18–29
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.005

Kaschner, C.J. & Weigmann, S. & Thiel, R. (2015)
Bythaelurus tenuicephalus n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4013(1), 120–138
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.9

Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M. & Thiel, R. (2014)
Contribution to the taxonomy and distribution of Pristiophorus nancyae (Elasmobranchii: Pristiophoriformes) from the deep western Indian Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, 44(2), 189–202
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-013-0200-5

Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M. & Thiel, R. (2014)
Complementary redescription of Anacanthobatis ori (Wallace, 1967) and its assignment to Indobatis n. g. (Elasmobranchii, Anacanthobatidae), with comments on other legskates. Zootaxa, 3779(2), 101–132
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.1

White, W.T. & Weigmann, S. (2014)
Carcharhinus humani sp. nov., a new whaler shark (Carcharhiniformes:Carcharhinidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3821(1), 71–87
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.1.5

Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M. & Thiel, R. (2014)
Rajella paucispinosa n. sp., a new deep-water skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the western Indian Ocean off South Mozambique, and a revised generic diagnosis. Zootaxa, 3847(3), 359–387
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.3

Kawauchi, J. & Weigmann, S. & Nakaya, K. (2014)
Apristurus breviventralis, a new species of deep-water catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa, 3881(1), 001–016
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.1.1

Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M. & Thiel, R. (2014)
New findings from Area 51 – Chondrichthyans of the deep western Indian Ocean [Abstract]. In Proceedings of the European Elasmobranch Association annual scientific conference, Leeuwarden: 43

Weigmann, S. (2013)
Species descriptions: Planonasus parini In Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark–references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2013

Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M. & Thiel, R. (2013)
Planonasus parini n. g. and n. sp., a new genus and species of false cat sharks (Carchariniformes, Pseudotriakidae) from the deep northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands. Zootaxa, 3609(2), 163–181
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.2.3

Weigmann, S. & Thiel, R. (2013)
Predicting the spatial distribution of the blue-spotted maskray Neotrygon kuhlii (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatidae) on the Australian North and Northwest Shelf comparing two different methods of habitat modeling. Journal of Ichthyology, 53(8), 628–640
DOI: 10.1134/S0032945213050111

Weigmann, S. (2012)
Contribution to the taxonomy and distribution of six shark species (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Gulf of Thailand. ISRN Zoology, 2012, Article ID 860768
DOI: 10.5402/2012/860768

Weigmann, S. & Stehmann, M. & Thiel, R. (2012)
Okamejei n. sp., a new deep-water skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean off the Sokotra Islands, with comments on congeners in the area [Abstract]. World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, Canada, August 8 – 14, 2012, Book of Abstracts, 771–772

Weigmann, S. (2011)
Contribution to the taxonomy and distribution of seven shark species (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from coastal waters of Thailand [Abstract]. In Programme Booklet of The 15th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association, Berlin, 29.10.–30.10.2011

Weigmann, S. & Thiel, R. (2011)
Predicting the spatial distribution of blue-spotted mask ray Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) on the Australian North and Northwest Shelf comparing two different methods of habitat modelling [Abstract]. (Poster) In Programme Booklet of The 15th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association, Berlin, 29.10.–30.10.2011

Weigmann, S. (2011)
Contribution to the taxonomy and distribution of eight ray species (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea) from coastal waters of Thailand. Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins Hamburg, 46: 249–312