David A. Ebert

Not to be confused with David A. Eberth.

David A. Ebert, US ichthyologist

• Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA.
• Research Associate, Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
• Research Associate, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa
• E-mail: debert@mlml.calstate.edu

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 27 taxon names authored by David A. Ebert

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2006

• Barnett, Didier, D.A., Long, D.J. & Ebert, D.A. 2006. Hydrolagus mccoskeri sp. nov., a new species of chimaeroid fish from the Galápagos Islands (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae). Zootaxa 1328: 27–38. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1328.1.2 ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Quaranta, K.L., Didier, D.A., Long, D.J. & Ebert, D.A. 2006. A new species of chimaeroid, Hydrolagus alphus sp. nov.(Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from the Galapagos Islands. Zootaxa 1377: 33–45. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1377.1.3 ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Schaaf-Da Silva, J. & Ebert, D.A. 2006. Etmopterus burgessi sp. nov., a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 1373: 53–64.

2009

• James, K.C., Ebert, D.A., Long, D.J. & Didier, D.A. 2009. A new species of chimaera, Hydrolagus melanophasma sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), from the eastern North Pacific. Zootaxa 2218: 59–68. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2218.1.3 ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Ebert, D.A. & Compagno, L.C. 2009. Chlamydoselachus africana, a new species of frilled shark from southern Africa (Chondrichthyes, Hexanchiformes, Chlamydoselachidae). Zootaxa 2173: 1–18. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2173.1.1 ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2010

• Kemper, J.M., Ebert, D.A., Compagno, L. & Didier, D.A. 2010. Chimaera notafricana sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from southern Africa. Zootaxa 2532: 55–63. Preview ResearchGate Reference page. 

2013

• Carvalho, M.R., Ebert, D.A., Ho, H.-C. & White, W.T. (eds.) 2013. Systematics and biodiversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1): 1–386. Reference page. 
• Ebert, D.A., Ho, H.-C., White, W.T. & Carvalho, M.R. 2013. Introduction to the systematics and biodiversity of sharks, rays, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1): 5–19. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.3 Reference page. 
• Ebert, D.A., White, W.T. & Ho, H.-C. 2013. Redescription of Hexanchus nakamurai Teng 1962, (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchiformes: Hexanchidae), with designation of a neotype. Zootaxa 3752(1): 20–34. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.4 Reference page. 
• White, W.T., Ebert, D.A., Naylor, G.J.P., Ho, H.-C., Clerkin, P., Veríssimo, A. & Cotton, C.F. 2013. Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 1—Redescription of Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider), a senior synonym of C. acus Garman and C. niaukang Teng. Zootaxa 3752(1): 35–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.5 Reference page. 
• Theiss, S.M. & Ebert, D.A. 2013. Lost and found: recovery of the holotype of the ocellated angelshark, Squatina tergocellatoides Chen, 1963 (Squatinidae), with comments on western Pacific squatinids. Zootaxa 3752(1): 73–85. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.6 Reference page. 
• Ebert, D.A. & Wilms, H.A. 2013. Pristiophorus lanae sp. nov., a new sawshark species from the Western North Pacific, with comments on the genus Pristiophorus Müller & Henle, 1837 (Chondrichthyes: Pristiophoridae). Zootaxa 3752(1): 86–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.7 Reference page. 
• Hsu, H.N., Joung, S.J., Ebert, D.A. & Lin, C.Y. 2013. Records of new and rare elasmobranchs from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1): 249–255. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.15 Reference page. 
• Ebert, D.A., White, W.T., Ho, H.-C., Last, P.R., Nakaya, K., Séret, B., Straube, N., Naylor, G.J.P. & Carvalho, M.R. 2013. An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Taiwan. Zootaxa 3752(1): 279–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.17 Reference page. 

2015

• Ebert, D.A., Haas, D.L. & Carvalho, M.R. de 2015: Tetronarce cowleyi, sp. nov., a new species of electric ray from southern Africa (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae). Zootaxa 3936(2): 237–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.2.4. Reference page. 
• Walovich, K.A., Ebert, D.A., Long, D.J. & Didier, D.A. 2015. Redescription of Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), with a review of southern African chimaeroids and a key to their identification. African Journal of Marine Science 37(2): 157–165. Reference page. 
• Vásquez, V.E., Ebert, D.A. & Long, D.J. 2015. Etmopterus benchleyi n. sp., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the central eastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 17: 43-55.PDF Reference page. 

2016

• Concha, F.J., Ebert, D.A. & Long, D.J. 2016. Notoraja martinezi sp. nov., a new species of deepwater skate and the first record of the genus Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4098(1): 179–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.9.Reference page. 
• Weigmann, S., Ebert, D.A., Clerkin, P., 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(4): 401–432. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.1 ; ResearchGate. Reference page. 

2017

• Clerkin, P.J., Ebert, D.A. & Kemper, J.M. 2017. New species of Chimaera (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae) from the Southwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4312(1): 1–37. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.1. Reference page. 
• Ebert, D.A., Papastamatiou, Y., Kajiura, S.M. & Wetherbee, B.M. 2017. Etmopterus lailae sp. nov., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa 4237(2): 371–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2.10. Reference page. 
• Ebert, D.A. & Gon, O. 2017. Rhinobatos austini n. sp., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Southwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4276(2): 204–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.2.3. Reference page. 
• Walovich, K.A., Ebert, D.A. & Kemper, J.M. 2017. Hydrolagus erithacus sp. nov. (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaerid from the southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans. Zootaxa 4226(4): 509–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.4.4. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Weigmann, S., Ebert, D.A., Clerkin, P., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2017. Erratum. SIMON WEIGMANN, DAVID A. EBERT, PAUL J. CLERKIN, MATTHIAS F.W. STEHMANN & GAVIN J.P. NAYLOR (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. Zootaxa 4243(3): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.11. Reference page. 
• White, W.T., Ebert, D.A. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2017. 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 4344(1): 86–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.1.3. Reference page. 
• White, W.T., Ebert, D.A., Mana, R.R. & Corrigan, S. 2017. Etmopterus samadiae n. sp., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4244(3): 339–354. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.3.3. Reference page. 

2018

• Ebert, D.A. & van Hees, K.E. 2018. Etmopterus marshae sp. nov, a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Philippine Islands, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade. Zootaxa 4508(2): 197–210. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.3 Reference page. 
• Fahmi & Ebert, D.A. 2018. Parmaturus nigripalatum n. sp., a new species of deep-sea catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from Indonesia. Zootaxa 4413(3): 531–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.7 Reference page. 

2019

• Concha, F.J., Caira, J.N., Ebert, D.A. & Pompert, J.H.W. 2019. Redescription and taxonomic status of Dipturus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848), and description of Dipturus lamillai sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae), a new species of long-snout skate from the Falkland Islands. Zootaxa 4590(5): 501–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.5.1 PDF. Reference page. 
• Ebert, D.A. & Leslie, R.W. 2019. Leucoraja elaineae sp. nov., a new rough skate (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4691(3): 225–234. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.3.3 Reference page. 
• Fernando, D., Bown, R.M.K., Tanna, A., Gobiraj, R., Ralicki, H., Jockusch, E., Ebert, D.A., Jensen, K. & Caira, J.N.. 2019. New insights into the identities of the elasmobranch fauna of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4585(2): 201–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.1 pdf Reference page. 

2024

• Ebert, D.A., Krajangdara, T., Fahmi & Kemper, J.M. 2024. Chimaera supapae (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from the Andaman Sea of Thailand. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 72: 84–90. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2024-0006 ResearchGate Reference page.