Clouded angelshark
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S. nebulosa
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| Squatina nebulosa Regan, 1906
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The clouded angelshark (Squatina nebulosa) is an angel shark 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.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
- 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.
