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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Smoothback angelshark | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squatiniformes |
| Family: | Squatinidae |
| Genus: | Squatina |
| Species: | S. oculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840 | |
| Range of smoothback angelshark (in blue) | |
The smoothback angelshark, Squatina oculata, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found in the eastern Atlantic between latitudes 47°N and 28°S. Its length is up to 1.6 metre.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
It is fished for off the African coast, and is depleted in the Mediterranean.
References
- "Squatina oculata". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
- Chiaramonte, G.E. 2000. Squatina occulta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
