Squatina punctata

Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 3 to 8 pups per litter.

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The Squatina punctata lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 10 - 100 m environment.

The Squatina punctata is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

reference to Squatina punctata Marini, 1936, and that the description of Squatina occulta Vooren and Silva, 1991 is a reference to Squatina guggenheim as originally described by Marini (1936), but no evidence is presented to justify these statements. More

Squatina punctata, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found in the southwest Atlantic from southern Brazil to Argentina, at depths of from 10 to 80 m.... More

* Squatina punctata - Angular angel shark (found in the Mediterranean Sea and along the coast of Africa) * Squatina squatina - Mediterranean angel shark * Squatina tergocellata - Ornate angel shark (found near Southern More

stomach content analysis in the Angel shark, Squatina punctata in Puerto Quequen, Argentina; Ichthyology Division of the Museum of Natural Sciences “Bernardino Rivadavia”. Supervisor Lic. Gustavo Chiaramonte. November 2004-November 2005. More

Order : Squatiniformes
Family : Squatinidae
Genus : Squatina
Species : Squatina punctata
Authority : Marini, 1936