Ocellated angelshark
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
| Ocellated angelshark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Subclass: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: |
S. tergocellatoides
|
| Binomial name | |
| Squatina tergocellatoides J. S. T. F. Chen, 1963
|
|
| 200px | |
| Range of ocellated angelshark (in blue) | |
Lua error in Module:Taxonbar/candidate at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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 and 22°N and in northern Malaysia. Its length is up to 63 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, 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.
