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View Mode View All Pictures Species Squatina aculeata Cuvier    Squatina aculeata was originally described as Squatina aculeata by Cuvier in 1829. It belongs to the family Squatinidae. It is commonly known as Sawback angelshark but has many other common names such as in South Africa as Sawback angelshark, in Benin as Ehoua-din, in Finland as Ruskomerienkeli, in France as Ange de mer épineux, in Italy as Squadrolino. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Angola.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   aculeata AuthorWI   Cuvier [G.] AuthorNI   Cuvier Qualification   (ex Duméril) Year   1829 Status   Valid Class   Chondrichthyes Chondrichthyes Order   Squatiniformes Squatiniformes Family   Squatinidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Squatina Subgenus   --- Class   Chondrichthyes Order   Squatiniformes Family   Squatinidae Genus   Squatina Original Name   Squatina         Taxon Name   aculeata Original Combination   Squatina aculeata Original Genus   Squatina Original Genus Species   Squatina aculeata OriginalSubGenus   Squatina Original Author   Cuvier Original AuthorWI   Cuvier [G.] Original Qualification   (ex Duméril) Original Year   1829 Original Family   Squatinidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Off Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Bertin 1939:77 [ref. 20739] but dated to Duméril 1865. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   MNHN 0000-1218 Journal   Règne Animal Citation   v. 2 Page   394 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Squatina aculeata Current Species   aculeata Current Genus   Squatina Current AuthorWI   Cuvier [G.] Current AuthorNI   Cuvier Current Year   1829 Current Family   Squatinidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat demersal         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Found on the continental shelf and uppermost slopes. Feeds on small sharks and jacks. Ovoviviparous. Utilized dried salted and fresh for human consumption. Its liver oil is also taken as well as hides for leather. Depth Range From 30 to 500 meters.     Distribution Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Angola. Current Summary   Valid as Squatina aculeata  Cuvier 1829. Squatinidae.   Name History   • Valid as Squatina aculeata  Cuvier 1829 -- (Krefft 1973:49 [ref. 7166], Compagno 1984:140 [ref. 6474], Roux in Whitehead et al. 1984:148 [ref. 13675], Springer 1990:77 [ref. 19315], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:85 [ref. 25472], Golani 1996:20 [ref. 22271], Compagno 1999:475 [ref. 25589], Bilecenoglu et al. 2002:18 [ref. 26753], Fricke et al. 2007:16 [ref. 29533], Last & White 2008:2 [ref. 29746]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 2 (36 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   acephala Squatina acephala (De la Pylaie [A. J. M.] 1835) Not available africana Squatina africana Regan [C. T.] 1908 Valid albipunctata Squatina albipunctata Last [P. R.] & White [W. T.] 2008 Valid ancyclostoma Squatina ancyclostoma (Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801) Synonym angelina Squatina angelina Gray [J. E.] 1851 Not available angelorum Squatina angelorum Swainson [W.] 1838 Synonym angelus Squatina angelus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854 Synonym angelus Squatina angelus Blainville [H. de] 1825 Not available argentina Squatina argentina (Marini [T. L.] 1930) Valid armata Squatina armata (Philippi [R. A.] 1887) Valid australis Squatina australis Regan [C. T.] 1906 Valid caillieti Squatina caillieti Walsh [J. H.], Ebert [D. A.] & Compagno [L. J. V.] 2011 Valid californica Squatina californica Ayres [W. O.] 1859 Valid cervicata Squatina cervicata (De la Pylaie [A. J. M.] 1835) Not available david Squatina david Acero P. [A.], Tavera [J. J.], Anguila [R.] & Hernández [L.] 2016 Valid dumeril Squatina dumeril Lesueur [C. A.] 1818 Valid europaea Squatina europaea Swainson [W.] 1839 Synonym fimbriata Squatina fimbriata Müller [J.] & Henle [F. G. J.] 1839 Uncertain formosa Squatina formosa Shen [S.-C.] & Ting [W.-H.] 1972 Valid guggenheim Squatina guggenheim Marini [T. L.] 1936 Valid heteroptera Squatina heteroptera Castro-Aguirre [J. L.], Espinosa Pérez [H.] & Huidobro Campos [L.] 2007 Synonym japonica Squatina japonica Bleeker [P.] 1858 Valid laevis Squatina laevis Cuvier [G.] 1816 Synonym legnota Squatina legnota Last [P. R.] & White [W. T.] 2008 Valid lewis Squatina lewis Couch [J.] 1825 Not available Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 2 (36 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…