Ocellated angelshark
| Ocellated angelshark | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Squatiniformes |
| Family: | Squatinidae |
| Genus: | Squatina |
| Species: | S. tergocellatoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Squatina tergocellatoides J. S. T. F. Chen, 1963 | |
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| Range of ocellated angelshark (in blue) | |
The ocellated angelshark (Squatina tergocellatoides) is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae found only from the Taiwan Straits in the western Pacific between latitudes 28 and 22°N and in northern Malaysia. Its length is up to 63 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
- ↑ Walsh, J.H. & Ebert, D.A. 2009. Squatina tergocellatoides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161525A5443604. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161525A5443604.en. Downloaded on 26 October 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Squatina tergocellatoides" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
- Walsh, JH and DA Ebert. 2007. A review of the systematics of western North Pacific angel sharks, genus Squatina, with redescriptions of Squatina formosa, S. japonica, and S. nebulosa (Chondrichthyes: Squatiniformes, Squatinidae). Zootaxa 1551: 31-47.
- Yano, K., A Ali, AC Gambang, IA Hamid, SA Razak, and A Zainal. 2005. Sharks and rays of Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam, Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, 591pp.
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