Squatina legnota Last & White, 2008

Description:

after Last & White, 2008: Teeth widely spaced, unicuspid, small and dagger-like, conical without cusplets on a broad base; upper jaw with 3 small rows on each side of symphysis, midlateral teeth larger (about twice size of symphysial teeth) and more widely spaced than those adjacent; lower jaw edentate at symphysis, lateral teeth evenly spaced, slightly larger than those of upper jaw; no smaller, unpaired teeth at symphysis of upper jaw in holotype (large male paratype with well-developed symphysial teeth); anterior two lateral pairs at symphysis protruding anteriorly when mouth closed (5 rows in paratype); teeth by row in holotype, 18 in upper jaw, 18 in lower jaw, in holotype

Material: Java, Indonesia, TL: 135 cm, male (?), size of the jaw: 25 cm x 10 cm

Images: collection and © Jesco Seifert, Germany, images shows the correct position of the teeth 

 Squatina legnota

 

 Squatina legnota

 

 Squatina legnota

 

 Squatina legnota

 

 Squatina legnota