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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.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Love, M.S., C.W. Mecklenburg, T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2005
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Common names from other countries

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

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (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 Ecología

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

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Eastern Pacific: Canada to Gulf of California, south to Panama.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 97.0, range 86 - 108 cm
Max length : 152 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 247); edad máxima reportada: 35 años (Ref. 6147)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Espinas anales: 0.

Found on the continental shelf and littoral areas (Ref. 247).A sluggish and inactive species that buries itself in sand or mud (Ref. 247). Also found around rocks, heads of submarine canyons, and sometimes near kelp forests (Ref. 247). Feeds on bottom and epibenthic fishes, including croakers, California halibut, and squid (Ref. 247). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449). Can whip up its head and snap very quickly when touched, provoked, harassed, or speared, and can inflict painful lacerations (Ref. 247).

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Ovoviviparous, embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Colaboradores

Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 247)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Traumatogenic (Ref. 247)

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial

FAO(pesquerías: producción, species profile; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 12.5 - 25.9, mean 21 (based on 60 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00293 - 0.01558), b=3.07 (2.88 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (K=0.15-0.16; tm=8-13; tmax=35; Fec=6).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (67 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Squatina californica Ayres, 1859