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Locally, this species may also be referred to as angel shark, California angel shark, or monkfish. [3] The Chilean angelshark (Squatina armata) of the southeastern Pacific was synonymized with this species by Kato, Springer and Wagner in 1967, but was later tentatively recognized as a separate species again by Leonard Compagno.
Landings of Pacific angel shark increased through the mid-1980s and reached over 1,125 tonnes in 1986, becoming the shark species with the highest total reported landings off the US West coast that year. [5] Angel sharks possess extensible jaws that can rapidly snap upwards to capture prey and have long, needle-like teeth.
The word squatina is the name for skate in Latin; it was made the genus name for all angel sharks by the French zoologist André Duméril in 1806. [3] Other common names used for this species include angel, angel fiddle fish, angel puffy fish, angel ray, angelfish, escat jueu, fiddle fish, monk, and monkfish. [4]
Very little is known about the Chilean angel shark, and because of a lack of research and sightings, the species is listed as “critically endangered” by the International Union for ...
[1] 60% of all evaluated fish species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists 37 fish subspecies as least concern. Of the subpopulations of fishes evaluated by the IUCN, 44 species subpopulations have been assessed as least concern. This is a complete list of least concern fish species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN.
Prepare to be amazed by the diversity and wonder found amongst the list of animal after animal beginning with "A" and remember that this is just a glimpse into all of the A-named species. Read on ...
Angel shark: Squatina albipunctata: Eastern angel shark: decreasing Vulnerable [182] [183] Angel shark: Squatina argentina: Argentine angel shark: decreasing Endangered [184] [185] [186] Angel shark: Squatina formosa: Taiwan angelshark: unknown Endangered [187] [188] [189] Angel shark: Squatina guggenheim: Hidden angelshark: decreasing ...
Shark species that may be world’s ‘largest predatory fish’ is a rare sight, NOAA says. ... Pacific sleeper sharks are most often encountered as bycatch in the nets of Alaska’s commercial ...