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Squatina africana

Squatina africana

African angelshark·Regan, 1908

GBIF:155386539

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(12)

Madagascar
South Africa
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone(KE)
Ungama Bay(KE)
Malindi Bay(KE)
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone(MU)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone(TZ)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone(TZ)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone(TZ)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engAfrican angelsharkeng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engAfrican angelshark
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Source: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 35 proteins)

NCBI:txid661033

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(3)

  • 1

    Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

    basis of record
  • 2

    Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1).

  • 3

    Regan, C. T. (1908). A collection of fishes from the coasts of Natal, Zululand, and Cape Colony. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> v. 1 (pt 3): 241-255, Pls. 37-42.

    original description
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155386539
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2417793
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217373
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026