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Elasmobranquios (tiburones y rayas) (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); mapama:Named for the Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, MAPAMA, which is the Spanish governmental organization that operates the R/V Miguel Oliver that facilitated the capture of this angelshark, and other new species of deepwater fishes on both sides of the Central American isthmus.
Taxonomic Remarks Previously confused with Squatina david Acero P., Tavera, Anguila & Hernández, 2016, itself confused with Squatina dumeril Lesueur, 1818
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 1190 - 1259 m (Ref. 125651). Tropical
Madurez: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 125651)
Descripción breve Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Vértebra: 137. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: with a single row of slightly enlarged dermal denticles along the dorsal midline extending between level just anterior of posterior insertion of pelvic fins and anterior base of first dorsal fin and continuing rearwards along dorsal ridge of tail between first and second dorsal fins; a few large denticles on top of the head; nasal flap squared with a fine fringe on ventral edge; two short lateral barbels bluntly rounded also with a fine fringed margin; males with a dorsal color pattern of small, scattered, dark spots distributed over a uniform light-brown background; pectoral-fin span 52.0-58.1% TL; pelvic-fin span 30.7-31.0 % TL; pre-pectoral-fin length 19.4-19.8% TL; trunk width 18.1-19.5% TL; head length 16.5-17.5% TL; spiracle length 2.2-2.3% TL; eye-to-spiracle length 2.2-5.0 % TL; mouth width 10.5-12.1% TL; nostril width 1.6-2.3% TL; snout-to-pectoral distance 19.4-19.8%; spiracle width 2.2-2.3% TL; pectoral-fin inner margins 17.5-18.3% (Ref. 125651). Cross section: flattened.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Long, D.J., D.A. Ebert, J. Tavera, A. Acero P. and D.R. Robertson, 2021. Squatina mapama n. sp., a new cryptic species of angel shark (Elasmobranchii: Squatinidae) from the southwestern Caribbean Sea. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 38:113-130. (Ref. 125651)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ecología Trófica Alimentos (presas) Composición de la dieta consumo de alimento Raciones de comida Despredadores
Ecología Ecología
Dinámica de la población Coeficiente del crecimiento para Edades / tallas máximas Longitud-peso rel. Longitud-longitud rel. Longitud-frecuencias Conversión de masas Reclutamiento Abundancia
Ciclo de vida Reproducción Madurez Madurez/Gills rel. Fecundidad Puesta Agregaciones de desove Huevos Desarrollo de los huevos Larva Dinámica larvaria
Fisiología Composición corporal Nutrientes Consumo del oxígeno Tipo de natación Velocidad de natación Pigmentos visuales Sonido de peces Enfermedades y parásitos Toxicidad (CL50)
