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(Redirected from Squatina pseudocellata) Species of shark

Western angelshark
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Squatiniformes
Family: Squatinidae
Genus: Squatina
Species: S. pseudocellata
Binomial name
Squatina pseudocellata
Last & W. T. White, 2008
Range of the Western angelshark

The western angelshark (Squatina pseudocellata) is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae found on the tropical outer continental shelf off northern Western Australia, at depths of 130 to 310 metres (430 to 1,020 ft). Its length is up to 64 centimetres (25 in).

Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with up to 20 pups in a litter.

References

  1. Kyne, P.M.; Cavanagh, R.D. (2016). "Squatina pseudocellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42728A68645745. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42728A68645745.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
Extant angelshark species
Squatinidae
Squatina
Taxon identifiers
Squatina pseudocellata
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