Family Squatinidae - Angel sharks
  Order
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  Class
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Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 1 | Species : 24 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Jurassic    
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Flat, batoid-like body, wing-like pectoral fins with front margins overlapping gill slits but not attaching to head. Mouth and nostrils terminal, barbels on anterior margin. Eyes and large spiracles dorsal. Five gill slits partly on sides of head and partly on ventral surface. Two small spineless dorsal fins behind pelvic fins, anal fin absent. Caudal fin unique with lower lobe slightly longer than upper lobe (=hypocercal). Maximum length up to 2 m. They feed on a variety of small bony fishes, crustaceans, cephalopods, gastropods and bivalves. They use their highly protrusible, traplike jaws to suddenly snap up prey at high speed (Ref. 31369, 48821). Ovoviviparous, embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).
  Etymology
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Squatinidae: Latin, squatina = a kind of shark
  Reproductive guild
:
bearers
  Typical activity level
:
sluggish
  Main Ref
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Squatinidae as currently in FishBase

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The list ordered as follows:

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Squalus squatina Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal2
! Squatina squatini (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Squatina vulgaris Risso, 1810
synonymjuniororiginal2
Squatina laevis Cuvier, 1816
synonymjuniororiginal2
Squatina angelus Blainville, 1825
synonymjuniororiginal2
Squatina lewis Couch, 1825
synonymjuniororiginal2
Squalraia acephala de la Pylaie, 1835
ambiguousquestionableoriginal2
Squalraia cervicata de la Pylaie, 1835
ambiguousquestionableoriginal2
Squatina europaea Swainson, 1839
synonymjuniororiginal2
Squatina angelus Gronow, 1854
synonymjuniororiginal2
Squatina dumeril Lesueur, 1818
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829
acceptedseniororiginal2
Rhina aculeata (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Squatina fimbriata Müller & Henle, 1839
ambiguousquestionableoriginal1
Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina japonica Bleeker, 1858
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Rhina philippi Garman, 1913
ambiguousquestionableoriginal1
Squatina armata (Philippi, 1887)
acceptedseniornew
Rhina armata Philippi, 1887
synonymseniororiginal2
Squatina australis Regan, 1906
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina nebulosa Regan, 1906
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina africana Regan, 1908
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina tergocellata McCulloch, 1914
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina argentina (Marini, 1930)
acceptedseniornew
Rhina argentina Marini, 1930
synonymseniororiginal2
Squatina guggenheim (non Marini, 1936)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Squatina guggenheim Marini, 1936
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina punctata Marini, 1936
acceptedseniororiginal1
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina formosa Shen & Ting, 1972
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina occulta Vooren & da Silva, 1992
acceptedseniororiginal1
Squatina heteroptera Castro-Aguirre, Espinosa Pérez & Huidobro Campos, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina mexicana Castro-Aguirre, Espinosa Pérez & Huidobro Campos, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina albipunctata Last & White, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina legnota Last & White, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina pseudocellata Last & White, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina caillieti Walsh, Ebert & Compagno, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina formosa (non Shen & Ting, 1972)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Squatina david Acero, Tavera, Anguila & Hernández, 2016
acceptedseniororiginal2
Squatina sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Squatina dumeril (non Lesueur, 1818)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
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