Common name of Squatina squatina
 
Common name Ange de mer commun
Language French
Type FAO
Official trade name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country Global
Locality
Ref. FAO-FIES, 2022
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Ange de mer', i.e., angel of the sea, from Dutch 'zeeëgel', i.e., sea hedgehog or 'jeeëngel', i.e., because the pectoral fins ressemble wings (Ref. 9404); 'ange' from Ecclesiastical Latin 'angelus' borrowed from Greek 'aggelos', i.e., messenger of God; 'mer' from Latin 'mare' (Ref. 9404); 'commun'; i.e., common, from Latin 'communis', i.e., of a group (Ref. 9404). Also Ref. 171, 56807, 82178, 87040, 90062, 93840, 95632, 115257, 115257, 118272, 124692.
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