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The shark species "African Angelshark"

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Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
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North America South America Africa Australia Europe Asia Coming soon Coming soon
African Angelshark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Angelsharks (Squatiniformes)
Family:
Angelsharks (Squatinidae)
Genus:
Squatina
Names
Scientific:
Squatina africana
English:
African Angelshark
German:
Afrikanischer Engelhai
French:
Ange de mere africain , Violon
Spanish:
Angelote africano
Vulnerability
Category: Near Threatened (NT)
Criteria: A2d
Last evaluated: 2019
Trend: Decreasing




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