Clouded angelshark

The clouded angelshark (Squatina nebulosa) is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae found in the northwest Pacific from the southeastern Sea of Japan to Taiwan between latitudes 47° N and 22° N. Its length is up to 1.63 m.

Clouded angelshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Squatiniformes
Family: Squatinidae
Genus: Squatina
Species:
S. nebulosa
Binomial name
Squatina nebulosa
Regan, 1906
Range of clouded angelshark (in blue)

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. Walsh, J.H. & Ebert, D.A. 2009. Squatina nebulosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161325A5398349. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161325A5398349.en. Downloaded on 26 October 2017.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Squatina nebulosa" 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.
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