Smoothback angelshark
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S. oculata
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| Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840
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The smoothback angelshark (Squatina oculata) is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found in the eastern Atlantic between latitudes 47°N and 28°S. Its length is up to 1.6 metre.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
It is fished for off the African coast, and is depleted in the Mediterranean.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Squatina oculata" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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