WoRMS taxon details
Squatina africana Regan, 1908
217373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217373)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Found on the continental shelf and uppermost slope, inshore near the surf line and deeper. Most commonly found between 60...
Description Found on the continental shelf and uppermost slope, inshore near the surf line and deeper. Most commonly found between 60 and 300 m depth. Feeds on bony fishes, squids and octopi. Ovoviviparous, with about 7 to 11 young in a litter. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Squatina africana Regan, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217373 on 2024-04-24
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Found on the continental shelf and uppermost slope, inshore near the surf line and deeper. Most commonly found between 60 and 300 m depth. Feeds on bony fishes, squids and octopi. Ovoviviparous, with about 7 to 11 young in a litter. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | African angelshark | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Squatina africana, by FAO)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NHMUK collection (Squatina africana Regan, 1908; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3127355)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Squatina africana, by FAO)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 35 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NHMUK collection (Squatina africana Regan, 1908; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3127355)
To ITIS
