Smoothback angelshark
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Species: | S. oculata
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Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840
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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
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Squatina oculata". FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno; Dando; Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.
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