Squatina pseudocellata Last & White, 2008
Western angelshark
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Squatina pseudocellata
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squatiniformes (Angel sharks) > Squatinidae (Angel sharks)
Etymology: Squatina: Latin for skate, which angel sharks superficially resemble, presumably tautonymous with Squalus squatina Linnaeus 1758 (no species mentioned) (See ETYFish); pseudocellata: pseudo-, from pseudes (Gr.), false; ocellata (L.), having little eyes (ocelli), referring to indistinct ocellate markings on pectoral fins (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Last & White.
Etymology: Squatina: Latin for skate, which angel sharks superficially resemble, presumably tautonymous with Squalus squatina Linnaeus 1758 (no species mentioned) (See ETYFish); pseudocellata: pseudo-, from pseudes (Gr.), false; ocellata (L.), having little eyes (ocelli), referring to indistinct ocellate markings on pectoral fins (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Last & White.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 150 - 312 m (Ref. 74939). Tropical; 18°S - 25°S
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Eastern Indian Ocean: northwestern Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 75.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74939); 64.0 cm TL (female)
Max length : 75.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74939); 64.0 cm TL (female)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Body strongly depressed anteriorly, firm. Trunk strongly depressed, almost ray-like, deepest over abdomen; not tapering abruptly at pelvic-fin insertion, tail strongly depressed, even at origin of caudal fin. Abdomen moderately elongate. Head broad, extended laterally, strongly depressed. Dermal denticles covering entire dorsal surface of body; less dense, absent on posterior borders of fins (Ref. 74939).
Cross section: flattened.
Cross section: flattened.
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Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborators
Last, P.R. and W.T. White, 2008. Three new angel sharks (Chondrichthyes:Squatinidae) from the Indo-Australian region. Zootaxa 1734:1-26. (Ref. 74939)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 May 2015
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Not Evaluated
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00661 (0.00285 - 0.01530), b=3.07 (2.88 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary low fecundity). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈 |