WoRMS taxon details
Squatina africana Regan, 1908
AphiaID: 217373
AphiaID: 217373
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Squalomorphi (Superorder) > Squatiniformes (Order) > Squatinidae (Family) > Squatina (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Squatina Duméril, 1806 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar [details] Malindi Bay [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 19 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
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] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217373 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Squatina africana Regan, 1908. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217373 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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