Smoothback angelshark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Squatiniformes |
Family: | Squatinidae |
Genus: | Squatina |
Species: | S. oculata |
Binomial name | |
Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840 |
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Range of smoothback angelshark (in blue) |
The smoothback angelshark, Squatina oculata, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found in the eastern Atlantic between latitudes 47°N and 28°S. Its length is up to 1.6 metre.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
It is fished for off the African coast, and is depleted in the Mediterranean.