Japanese angelshark

The Japanese angelshark (Squatina japonica) is a species of angel shark, family Squatinidae, found in the western Pacific from Japan, the Yellow Sea, Korea, northern China, and the Philippines between latitudes 41° N and 19° N. Its length is up to 2 m.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Squatina japonica" 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.