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Squatina formosa
Shen & Ting, 1972
Taiwan angleshark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Squatiniformes Squatinidae
Reference of the original description
Ecological and morphological study on fish-fauna from the waters around Taiwan and its adjacent islands. 2. Notes on some rare continental shelf fishes and description of two new species. Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica(Taipei), 11(1), 13–31
Ecological and morphological study on fish-fauna from the waters around Taiwan and its adjacent islands. 2. Notes on some rare continental shelf fishes and description of two new species. Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica(Taipei), 11(1), 13–31
Image of the original description
Squatina formosa Shen & Ting, 1972,
Squatina formosa Shen & Ting, 1972,
Types
Squatina formosa
Holotype: NTUM: 01329 (old: NTT 7213130); Paratype: NTUM: 7041631; NTUM: 7041632; NTUM: 7222433;
Squatina formosa
Holotype: NTUM: 01329 (old: NTT 7213130); Paratype: NTUM: 7041631; NTUM: 7041632; NTUM: 7222433;
Description :
Citation: Squatina formosa Shen & Ting, 1972: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024
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Squatina formosa Shen & Ting, 1972, © FAO, www.fish-base.org
Squatina formosa Shen & Ting, 1972, © FAO, www.fish-base.org
Common names
Angelote de Taiwan, 
Ange de mer moinillon, 
Taiwan angel shark, Taiwan angleshark, Tiawan angelfish
Angelote de Taiwan, Ange de mer moinillon, Taiwan angel shark, Taiwan angleshark, Tiawan angelfish
Short Description
Taiwan angelshark Squatina formosa has broad pectoral fins with outer corner more obtuse and free rear tips narrowly subangular; nasal barbels apparently simple, narrow and tapered. Anterior nasal flaps smooth to weakly fringed; dermal folds on sides of head possibly with a triangular lobe. Rear tip of inner margin of pelvic fins reaching little beyond origin of first dorsal. Very short hypocercal tail. Rows of small spines on midline of back and tail, and on snout and between eyes. Color: no ocelli (eye-like spot) on body [518] (Ref. 31369).
Taiwan angelshark Squatina formosa has broad pectoral fins with outer corner more obtuse and free rear tips narrowly subangular; nasal barbels apparently simple, narrow and tapered. Anterior nasal flaps smooth to weakly fringed; dermal folds on sides of head possibly with a triangular lobe. Rear tip of inner margin of pelvic fins reaching little beyond origin of first dorsal. Very short hypocercal tail. Rows of small spines on midline of back and tail, and on snout and between eyes. Color: no ocelli (eye-like spot) on body [518] (Ref. 31369).
Distribution
West Pacific: northeastern and southwestern coasts of Taiwan and the Philippines. Source: www.gbif.org
West Pacific: northeastern and southwestern coasts of Taiwan and the Philippines. Source: www.gbif.org
Human uses
fisheries: of no interest
fisheries: of no interest
Size / Weight / Age
46 cm TL (female)
46 cm TL (female)
Dentition
Teeth 10-12-10-12/9-9, exammed by using X-ray photograph, in three rows, with erect, conical cusp on broadly expanded base, the outermost teeth slightly the smallest, a broad gap at symphysis in each jaw [11746]
Teeth 10-12-10-12/9-9, exammed by using X-ray photograph, in three rows, with erect, conical cusp on broadly expanded base, the outermost teeth slightly the smallest, a broad gap at symphysis in each jaw [11746]
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=6916;
shark-references Species-ID=6916;
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