Smoothback angelshark
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| Species: | S. oculata
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| Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840
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Template:Sharksportal The smoothback angelshark, Squatina oculata, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found in the eastern Atlantic between latitudes 47°N and 28°S. Its length is up to 1.6 metre.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
It is fished for off the African coast, and is depleted in the Mediterranean.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Squatina oculata". FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
- Chiaramonte, G.E. 2000. Squatina occulta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 03 August 2007.