Leonard Compagno

Leonard Joseph Victor Compagno (1943–2024), U.S. ichthyologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 29 taxon names authored by Leonard Compagno

Publications

1971

• Compagno, L.J.V. & Springer, S. 1971. Iago, a new genus of carcharhinid sharks, with a redescription of I. omanensis. Fishery Bulletin 69(3): 615–626, 6 fig. Reference page. 

1973

• Compagno, L.J.V. 1973. Interrelationships of living elasmobranchs. In: Greenwood, P. H., Miles, R. S. & Patterson, C., (eds.): Interrelationships of Fishes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 53: 15–61. Reference page. 
• Compagno, L.J.V. 1973. Gogolia filewoodi, a new genus and species of shark from New Guinea (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), with a redefinition of the family Triakidae and a key to triakid genera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 39(19): 383–410. BHL Reference page. 

1977

• Compagno, L.J.V. 1977. Phyletic relationships of living sharks and rays. American zoologist 17(2): 303–322. DOI: 10.1093/icb/17.2.303, JSTOR, PDF Reference page. 

1983

• Taylor, L. R., Jr., Compagno, L. J. V. & Struhsaker, P. J., 1983: Megamouth -- a new species, genus, and family of lamnoid shark (Megachasma pelagios, family Megachasmidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4) 43 (8): 87-110. BHL Reference page. 

1984

• Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. i-viii + 1-249. PDF Reference page. 

1987

• Compagno, L. & Randall, J.E. 1987. Rhinobatos punctifer, a new species of guitarfish (Rhinobatiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Red Sea, with notes on the Red Sea batoid fauna. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 44(14): 335–342. BHL Reference page. 

1988

• Compagno, L. J. V., 1988: Sharks of the order Carcharhiniformes. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J. i-xxii + 1-486 + 21 separate figs., Pls. 1-35.

1995

• Randall, J.E. & Compagno, L. 1995. A review of the guitarfishes of the genus Rhinobatos (Rajiformes: Rhinobatidae) from Oman, with description of a new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 43(2): 289–298. PDF. Reference page. 

2005

• White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Compagno, L.J.V. 2005. Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 1077: 37–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1077.1.3,Abstract Reference page. 

2008

• Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 2008. A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus palpebratus sp. nov. (Rhynchobatoidei: Rhynchobatidae), from the Indo-West Pacific. In: Descriptions of new Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 227–240. Reference page. 

2009

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.

2010

• Compagno, L.J.V. & Last, P.R. 2010. A new species of wedgefish, Rhynchobatus springeri (Rhynchobatoidei, Rhynchiobatidae), from the western Pacific. In: Descriptions of new sharks and rays from Borneo. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 032: 77–88. Reference page. 
• Ebert, D.A., White, W.T., Goldman, K.J., Compagno, L.J.V., Daly-Engel, T.S. & Ward, R.D. 2010. Resurrection and redescription of Squalus suckleyi (Girard, 1854) from the North Pacific, with comments on the Squalus acanthias subgroup (Squaliformes: Squalidae). Zootaxa 2612: 22–40. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2612.1.2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• 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 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2532.1.2 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2016

• Last, P.R., Kyne, P.M. & Compagno, L.J.V. 2016. A new species of wedgefish Rhynchobatus cooki (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinidae) from the Indo–West Pacific. Zootaxa 4139(2): 233–247. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.7. Reference page.