- Ocellated angelshark
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Ocellated angelshark Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Squatiniformes Family: Squatinidae Genus: Squatina Species: S. tergocellatoides Binomial name Squatina tergocellatoides
J. S. T. F. Chen, 1963Range of ocellated angelshark (in blue) The ocellated angelshark, Squatina tergocellatoides, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found only from the Taiwan Straits in the western Pacific between latitudes 28° N and 22° N and in northern Malaysia. Its length is up to 63 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, 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.
Categories:- Squatinidae
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