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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 ]
As adults, female measurements range from 137 to 143 cm, while males range from 120 to 122 cm. [4] Their relative weight based on the size of the shark for males is between 12.7 kg and 24.0 kg. In females, they weigh anywhere from 22 to 32 kg. [ 5 ]
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]
This species resembles other angel sharks in appearance, with a flattened body and greatly enlarged pectoral and pelvic fins. Characteristic features of this shark include a pair of cone-shaped barbels on its snout, angular pectoral fins, and a brown or gray dorsal coloration with many small dark markings. It attains a maximum length of 1.5 m ...
Colour: Are a yellow-brown to a chocolate-brown, obtains dense patterns of small white dark edged symmetrical spots, also with many large brownish blotches. Has white nuchal spot (no ocelli).
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 ]
This species differs from other Southwestern Atlantic angel sharks in terms of several characteristics comparison, such as dorsal coloration, vertebral counts, dermal denticles, and pectoral fin feature. [2] The reproduction system is viviparous. [1] [2] The maximum length for the females is 132 cm (52 in) and the males is around 120 cm (47 in ...