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The clouded angelshark (Squatina nebulosa) is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae found in the northwest Pacific from the southeastern Sea of Japan to Taiwan between latitudes 47° N and 22° N. Its length is up to 1.63 m.
The annual take of angel shark in 1977 was an estimated 147 kg. [11] By 1985, the annual take of angel shark on the central California coast had increased to more than 454 tonnes or an estimated 90,000 sharks. [11] The population declined dramatically and is now regulated. Angel sharks live very close to shore, resulting in high bycatch rates ...
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 ]
The Japanese angelshark was described by Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in an 1858 volume of the scientific journal Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae.The type specimen is a male 53 cm (21 in) long, collected off Nagasaki, Japan, hence the specific epithet japonica.
Squatiniformes is an order of sharks belonging to Squalomorphii.It contains only a single living genus Squatina, commonly known as angelsharks.The oldest genus of the order, Pseudorhina is known from the Late Jurassic of Europe. [1]
Massive makos, Queen Bosses and a baby angel shark on Discovery 'Shark Week,' where women shine. MARK KENNEDY. July 3, 2024 at 11:06 AM.
Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2; Pogonoski, J. & Pollard, D. 2003. Squatina sp. nov. A. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007. Sharks portal
Squatina leae, commonly known as Lea's angel shark, [1] is a species of deep-water angelshark restricted to the Saya de Malha Bank, [2] [3] that may possibly inhabit waters around the Indian Ocean. The species was described with young specimens captured in deep waters in the region. [ 3 ]