Clouded angelshark

Species of shark

Clouded angelshark
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. nebulosa
Binomial name
Squatina nebulosa
Regan, 1906
Range of clouded angelshark (in blue)
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The clouded angelshark (Squatina nebulosa) is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae found in the northwest Pacific from the southeastern Sea of Japan to Taiwan between latitudes 47° N and 22° N. Its length is up to 1.63 m.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. ^ Rigby, C.L.; Walls, R.H.L.; Derrick, D.; Dyldin, Y.V.; Herman, K.; Ho, H.; Ishihara, H.; Jeong, C.-H.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Volvenko, I.V.; Yamaguchi, A. (2021). "Squatina nebulosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T161325A134193576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161325A134193576.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Squatina nebulosa" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
  • Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
  • Walsh JH and DA Ebert. 2007. A review of the systematics of western North Pacific angel sharks, genus Squatina, with redescriptions of Squatina formosa, S. japonica, and S. nebulosa (Chondrichthyes: Squatiniformes, Squatinidae). Zootaxa 1551: 31-47.
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Extant angelshark species
Squatinidae
Squatina
  • Sawback angelshark (S. aculeata)
  • African angelshark (S. africana)
  • Eastern angelshark (Squatina albipunctata)
  • Argentine angelshark (S. argentina)
  • Chilean angelshark (S. armata)
  • Australian angelshark (S. australis)
  • S. caillieti
  • Pacific angelshark (S. californica)
  • Sand devil (S. dumeril)
  • Taiwan angelshark (S. formosa)
  • Angular angelshark (S. guggenheim)
  • Disparate angelshark (S. heteroptera)
  • Japanese angelshark (S. japonica)
  • Indonesian angelshark (S. legnota)
  • Mexican angelshark (S. mexicana)
  • Clouded angelshark (S. nebulosa)
  • Hidden angelshark (S. occulta)
  • Smoothback angelshark (S. oculata)
  • S. punctata
  • Western angelshark (Squatina pseudocellata)
  • Angelshark (S. squatina)
  • Ornate angelshark (S. tergocellata)
  • Ocellated angelshark (S. tergocellatoides)
Taxon identifiers
Squatina nebulosa