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Squatina albipunctata
Last & White, 2008
Eastern Angel Shark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Squatiniformes Squatinidae
Reference of the original description
Three new angel sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) from the Indo-Australian region. Zootaxa, 1734, 1–26
Three new angel sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) from the Indo-Australian region. Zootaxa, 1734, 1–26
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Types
Squatina albipunctata
Holotype: CSIRO: H 6561-01; Paratype: CSIRO: H 713-02; CSIRO: H 1111-01; CSIRO: H 877-07; CSIRO: H 864-02; CSIRO: H 864-01; CSIRO: H 594-01; CSIRO: H 1114-01; CSIRO: H 1113-01; CSIRO: H 1112-01; CSIRO: CA 3077; CSIRO: CA 2842; CSIRO: C 4896;
Squatina albipunctata
Holotype: CSIRO: H 6561-01; Paratype: CSIRO: H 713-02; CSIRO: H 1111-01; CSIRO: H 877-07; CSIRO: H 864-02; CSIRO: H 864-01; CSIRO: H 594-01; CSIRO: H 1114-01; CSIRO: H 1113-01; CSIRO: H 1112-01; CSIRO: CA 3077; CSIRO: CA 2842; CSIRO: C 4896;
Description :
Citation: Squatina albipunctata Last & White, 2008: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2024
Common names
Eastern Angel Shark
Eastern Angel Shark
Short Description
Body robust, strongly depressed anteriorly, firm. Trunk similarly depressed, almost ray-like, deepest over abdomen. Not tapering abruptly at pelvic-fin insertion, tail strongly depressed, even at origin of caudal fin. Abdomen moderately elongate. Head broad, extended laterally, strongly depressed; oval in cross-section; Pectoral fins very large, expanded, base very fleshy; Pelvic fins large, elongate; Dorsal fins similar in size and shape, somewhat upright, close together; Dermal denticles densely covering entire dorsal surface of body (Ref. 74939).
Body robust, strongly depressed anteriorly, firm. Trunk similarly depressed, almost ray-like, deepest over abdomen. Not tapering abruptly at pelvic-fin insertion, tail strongly depressed, even at origin of caudal fin. Abdomen moderately elongate. Head broad, extended laterally, strongly depressed; oval in cross-section; Pectoral fins very large, expanded, base very fleshy; Pelvic fins large, elongate; Dorsal fins similar in size and shape, somewhat upright, close together; Dermal denticles densely covering entire dorsal surface of body (Ref. 74939).
Distribution
Pacific: Australia. Occurs off eastern Australia between Cairns, Queensland and Lakes Entrance, Victoria (Ref. 74939). Source: www.gbif.org
Pacific: Australia. Occurs off eastern Australia between Cairns, Queensland and Lakes Entrance, Victoria (Ref. 74939). Source: www.gbif.org
Human uses
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Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=6890;
shark-references Species-ID=6890;
