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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); albipunctata:albus (L.), white; punctatus (L.), spotted, referring to distinctive white-spotted color pattern (See ETYFish). More on authors: Last & White.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 37 - 415 m (Ref. 74939). Tropical; 17°S - 38°S
Pacific: Australia. Occurs off eastern Australia between Cairns, Queensland and Lakes Entrance, Victoria (Ref. 74939).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 98.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74939); 56.6 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 17.0 kg (Ref. 118750)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 134 - 139. Body robust, strongly depressed anteriorly, firm. Trunk similarly 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; oval in cross-section; Pectoral fins very large, expanded, base very fleshy; Pelvic fins large, elongate; Dorsal fins similar in size and shape, somewhat upright, close together; Dermal denticles densely covering entire dorsal surface of body (Ref. 74939). Body shape (shape guide): other; Cross section: flattened.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
