João Paulo Capretz Batista da Silva

João Paulo Capretz Batista da Silva, Brazilian ichthyologist.

• Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

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• 3 taxon names authored by João Paulo Capretz Batista da Silva

Publications

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2014

• Fontenelle, J.P., Silva, J.P.C.B. da & Carvalho, M.R. de 2014. Potamotrygon limai, sp. nov., a new species of freshwater stingray from the upper Madeira River system, Amazon basin (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae). Zootaxa 3765(3): 249–268. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.3.2 Reference page. 

2015

• Silva, J.P.C.B. Da & Carvalho, M.R. de 2015: Systematics and morphology of Potamotrygon orbignyi (Castelnau, 1855) and allied forms (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae). Zootaxa 3982(1): 1–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3982.1.1. Preview (PDF). ISBN 978-1-77557-739-3 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-740-9 (Online edition) Reference page. 

2016

• Carvalho, M.R. de, Loboda, T.S. & Silva, J.P.C.B. 2016. A new subfamily, Styracurinae, and new genus, Styracura, for Himantura schmardae (Werner, 1904) and Himantura pacifica (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1941) (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes). Zootaxa 4175(3): 201–221. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.3.1. Reference page. 

2020

• Smith, D.G., Karmovskaya, E.S., Silva, J.P.C.B. da 2020. A new congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the Western Pacific, with an analysis of its relationships. Zootaxa. 4845(2): 191–210. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.2.2 Reference page. 

2024

• Sternes, P.C., Jambura, P.L., Türtscher, J., Kriwet, J., Siversson, M., Feichtinger, I., Naylor G.J.P., Summers, A.P., Maisey, J.G., Tomita, T., moyer, J.K., higham, T.E., João Paulo Capretz Batista da Silva, Bornatowski, H., Long, D.L., Perez, V.J., Collareta, A., Underwood, C., Ward, D.J., Vullo, R., González-Barba, G., Maisch, H.M., Griffiths, M.L., Becker, M.A., Wood, J.J. & Shimada, K. 2024. White shark comparison reveals a slender body for the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) Palaeontologia Electronica 27(1): 27.1.a7. DOI: 10.26879/1345 . Reference page. 

2025

• Shimada, K., Motani, R., Wood, J.J., Sternes, P.C., Tomita, T., Bazzi, M., Collareta, A., Gayford, J.H., Türtscher, J., Jambura, P.L., Kriwet, J., Vullo, R., Long, D.J., Summers, A.P., Maisey, J.G., Underwood, C.J., Ward D.J., Maisch, H.M., Perez, V.J., Feichtinger, I., Naylor, G.J.P., Moyer, J.K., Higham, T.E., Silva, J.P.C.B. Da, Bornatowski, H., González-Barba, G., Griffiths, M.L., Becker, M.A. & Siversson, M. 2025. Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into its gigantism, life history strategies, ecology, and extinction. Palaeontologia Electronica 28(1): 28.1.a12. DOI: 10.26879/1502 . Reference page.