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Squatina californica Ayres, 1859

Pacific angelshark
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Mexico country information

Common names: Angelote, Angelote del Pacífico, Tiburón angel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Bahai Magdalena, southern Baja California (Ref. 96339). Also Ref. 128973.
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: Love, M.S., C.W. Mecklenburg, T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Élasmobranches (requins et raies) (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 Écologie


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