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Squatina californica Ayres, 1859

Pacific angelshark
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Peru country information

Common names: Angelote
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: About 205 metric tons was taken in fisheries in 1978 (Ref. 247). Needs further confirmation (Ref. 128976).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cañedo-Apolaya, R.M., C. Ortiz-Alvarez, E. Alfaro-Cordova, J. Alfaro-Shigueto, X. Velez-Zuazo, J.C. Mangel, R. Siccha-Ramirez, C. Yamashiro and J.L. Ramirez, 2021
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Ange de mer du Pacifique, Pez ángel del Pacífico, 加州扁鲨, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (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);  californica: -ica (L.), belonging to: California (USA), referring to type locality in San Francisco Bay. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Ayres.

Issue
It is sympatric with S. armata.

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

marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 3 - 205 m (Ref. 9253), usually 3 - 46 m (Ref. 54903).   Subtropical; 52°N - 7°N, 130°W - 77°W

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