Angular angel shark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Squatiniformes |
Family: | Squatinidae |
Genus: | Squatina |
Species: | S. guggenheim |
Binomial name | |
Squatina guggenheim Marini, 1936 |
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Range of Angular angelshark (in blue) |
The angular angel shark, Squatina guggenheim, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found off southern Brazil and Argentina at depths of between 4 and 265 m. Its length is up to 1.3 m.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 6 to 8 pups in a litter.
It was formerly named Squatina occulta.