Ocellated angelshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Squatiniformes |
Family: | Squatinidae |
Genus: | Squatina |
Species: | S. tergocellatoides |
Binomial name | |
Squatina tergocellatoides J. S. T. F. Chen, 1963 |
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Range of ocellated angelshark (in blue) |
The ocellated angelshark, Squatina tergocellatoides, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found only from the Taiwan Straits in the western Pacific between latitudes 28° N and 22° N and in northern Malaysia. Its length is up to 63 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.