Sawback angelshark

Sawback angelshark
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squatiniformes
Family: Squatinidae
Genus: Squatina
Species:
S. aculeata
Binomial name
Squatina aculeata
Cuvier, 1829
Range of sawback angelshark (in gold)

The sawback angelshark (Squatina aculeata) is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae[2] It is one of rarest species of sharks known to date, and one of the three species of angelsharks that inhabits the Mediterranean. The Sawback angelshark lives in sandy and muddy bottoms of the ocean at depths of 30-500m.[3]

  1. ^ Morey, G.; Barker, J.; Bartolí, A.; Gordon, C.; Hood, A.; Jimenez-Alvarado, D.; Meyers, E.K.M. (2019). "Squatina aculeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61417A116768915. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T61417A116768915.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Species Squatina aculeata Cuvier". FishWisePro. 1829. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. ^ Başusta, Nuri (2016-06-01). "New records of neonate and juvenile sharks (Heptranchias perlo, Squatina aculeata, Etmopterus spinax) from the North-eastern Mediterranean Sea". Marine Biodiversity. 46 (2): 525–527. Bibcode:2016MarBd..46..525B. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0391-z. ISSN 1867-1624. S2CID 255581818.

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