Smoothback angelshark
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squatiniformes |
| Family: | Squatinidae |
| Genus: | Squatina |
| Species: | S. oculata
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| Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840
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| Range of smoothback angelshark (in blue) | |
The smoothback angelshark (Squatina oculata) is an angelshark 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.) (2006). "Squatina oculata" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno; Dando; Fowler (2005). Sharks of the World. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12072-2.
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