Squatina
General data
- Main name: Squatina
Classification
- Family: Squatinidae - Angelsharks
- Order: Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
- Class: Elasmobranchii - Sharks and Rays
- Superclass: Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes
Description
Currently, the 24 recognized species in this genus are: Squatina aculeata G. Cuvier, 1829 (sawback angelshark) Squatina africana Regan, 1908 (African angelshark) Squatina albipunctata Last & W. T. White, 2008 (eastern angelshark) Squatina argentina (Marini, 1930) (Argentine angelshark) Squatina armata (Philippi {Krumweide}, 1887) (Chilean angelshark) Squatina australis Regan, 1906 (Australian angelshark) Squatina caillieti J. H. Walsh, Ebert & Compagno, 2011 (Philippines angelshark)[15] Squatina californica Ayres, 1859 (Pacific angelshark) Squatina david Acero P, Tavera Vargas, Anguila-Gómez & Hernández-Beracasa, 2016 (David\\\'s angelshark)[16] Squatina dumeril Lesueur, 1818 (sand devil) Squatina formosa S. C. Shen & W. H. Ting, 1972 (Taiwan angelshark) Squatina guggenheim Marini, 1936 (angular angelshark) Squatina heteroptera Castro-Aguirre, Espinoza-Pérez & Huidobro-Campos, 2007 (disparate angelshark) Squatina japonica Bleeker, 1858 (Japanese angelshark) Squatina legnota Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Indonesian angelshark) Squatina mexicana Castro-Aguirre, Espinoza-Pérez & Huidobro-Campos, 2007 (Mexican angelshark) Squatina nebulosa Regan, 1906 (clouded angelshark) Squatina occulta Vooren & K. G. da Silva, 1992 (hidden angelshark) Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840 (smoothback angelshark) Squatina pseudocellata Last & W. T. White, 2008 (western angelshark) Squatina punctata Marini 1936 Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) (angelshark) Squatina tergocellata McCulloch, 1914 (ornate angelshark) Squatina tergocellatoides J. S. T. F. Chen, 1963 (ocellated angelshark)