2004, Phil Keoghan, Warren Berger, No Opportunity Wasted: 8 Ways to Create a List for the Life You Want.[1], page 49:
But Shane was having trouble enjoying the moment—perhaps because the other swimmers circling around him all happened to be sharks. ¶ This would be enough to make anyone uneasy, but it was even worse for Shane because he suffered from selachophobia—a persistent and acute fear of sharks.
2008, Filip M. Olsson et al., New developments in the psychology of motivation[2], →ISBN, page 48:
But without the proper explanation and interpretation of a bite, each "attack" strengthens the public's negative perception of sharks, and reinforces the ubiquitous selachophobia.
2003, International Society for Contemporary Legend Research, Contemporary legend: the journal of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research[3]:
Of course, selachophobia or fear of sharks would seem to make shark attacks an inevitable theme for urban legends.
