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Squatina mexicana Castro-Aguirre, Espinosa, Pérez, Huidobro & Campos, 2007

Mexican angel shark
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Mexico country information

Common names: Angelote mexicano, Mexican angel shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Tamaulipas, IBUNAM-P 8306 (holotype of Squatina mexicana, 88 cm TL, male). Also known from Tabasco, Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 74686).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Castro-Aguirre, J.L., H.S. Espinosa Pérez and L. Huidobro Campos, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Angelote mexicano, Mehhiko ingelhai, ... more

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (Haie und Rochen) (sharks and rays) > Squatiniformes (Angel sharks) > Squatinidae (Angel sharks)
Etymology: Squatina: Latin for skate, which angel sharks superficially resemble, presumably tautonymous with Squalus squatina Linnaeus 1758 (no species mentioned). (See ETYFish);  mexicana: Named for its type locality, Mexico..

Issue
Synonym of Squatina dumeril according to (Weigmann, 2016, Ref. 106604).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

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