Author: Cuvier, 1829

Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829

Diagnosis: eye larger than spiracle. Frontal cephalic membranes lobed; external nasal flap strongly fringed; spiracle with 13-14 pseudobranchial lamellae. Teeth 19-24/19-23, mean 21/21. Pectoral fin base at least half fin length; hind tips of pelvic fins reaching level of first dorsal fin origin. Denticles on back large-based, almost pyramidal, with a line of strong median spines; lower surfaces with denticles only on outer front edges of pectoral and pelvic fins and down centre of tail. Vertebrae 63-64 to level of first dorsal fin. Colour: light brown mottled with dark brown, with some round white spots arranged symmetrically on head and body. Size: to 1.3 m and about 27 kg.

Habitat: seems to prefer muddy bottoms, at 50-500 m. Food: fishes and bottom-living animals. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: Mediterranean and coast of Morocco. Elsewhere, southward to Angola.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Chondrichthyes
Superorder Pleurotremata
Family Squatinidae
Genus Squatina
Species Squatina aculeata

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829

Scientific synonyms and common names

Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829

Synonyms:

Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829.
Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829, Règne anim., ed. II, 2: 394, footnote 2 (off Marseille). Holotype: MNHN no. 1218.
?Squatina fimbriata Müller & Henle, 1841, Syst. Beschr. Plagiost.: 101, pl. XXXV (Mediterranean). Two syntypes lost.
Rhina (Squatina) aculeata: Duméril, 1865: 465-466, pl. V (fig. 7).
Squatina aculeata: Norman, 1935: 8 Cadenat, 1950: 102 Poll, 1951: 78, pl. V (fig- 4) Tortonese, 1952: 391-393, fig. 4; 1956: 196-198, fig. 107 Bini, 1967: 113-114, fig. Maurin & Bonnet, 1970: 2426, fig. 16a Blache et al., 1970: 40, fig. 84.

Common names:

Sawback angelshark [En]
Ange de mer epineux [Fr]
Angelote espinudo [Es]

Bini, G. 1967-72. Atlante dei pesci delle Coste italiane. Mondo Sommerso, Milano, 9 vol: I, 1967, Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Selaci, 206 p., 66 fig+64 col. fig. II, 1971, Osteitti (Acipenseriformi, Clupeiformi, Mictofiformi, Anguilliformi), 300 p., 73 col. fig. III, 1970, Notacantiformi . . . Zeiformi, 229 p., 34 fig+63 col. fig. IV, 1968, Perciformi (Mugiloidei, Percoidei), 163 p., 34 fig+49 col. fig. V, 1968, Perciformi (Percoidei), 175 p., 22 fig.+56 col. fig. VI, 1968, Perciformi (Trichiuroidei . . . Blennioidei), 177 p., 48 fig+57 col. fig. VII,1969, Perciformi (Ofidioidei . . . Dactilopteroidei), 196 p., 57 fig.+59 col. fig. VIII,1968, Pleuronettiformi, Echeniformi, Gobioesociformi, Tetraodontiformi, Lofiformi, 164 p., 34+63 fig. IX, 1972, Introduzione. Parte generale. Aggiornamenti. Indici. 176 p.

Blache, J.; Cadenat, J.; Stauch, A. 1970. Clés de détermination des poissons de mer signalés dans l'Atlantique Oriental (entre le 20e parallèle N. et le l5e parallèle S.). Faune tropicale, 18: 479 p., 1152 fig.

Cadenat, J.1950. Note sur les merlus de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. Congr. Pêches Pêcher. Un. Franc. d'Outre-Mer, Inst. Col. Marseille :128-130.

Cuvier, G.1829. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, Paris, 2 :122-406 [March 1829].

Duméril, A. H. A.1865. Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale, Paris, 2 vol., 1: 720 p., Atlas: 14 pl.

Maurin, C.; Bonnet, M. 1970. Poissons des côtes nord-ouest africaines (Campagnes de la 'Thalassa', 1962 et 1968). Rev. Trav. Inst. (scient. tech.) Pech. marit., 34 (2): 125-170, fig. 1-26.

Muller, J.; Henle, J.1841. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin, xxii+204 p., 60 pl.

Norman, J. R.1935a. Coast fishes. Part I. The South Atlantic. 'Discovery' 15 fig.

Poll, M.1951. Poissons. I. Généralités. II. Sélaciens et Chiméres. Rés. Sci. Expéd. océanogr. belg. Eaux côt. afr. Atlant. Sud (1948-49J, 4 (1) :1-154, 66 fig., 13 pl.

Tortonese, E. 1952a. Studi sui Plagiostomi. VI. Osservazioni critiche su alcune specie mediterranee. Archo zool ital., 37: 383-398, fig. 1-5.

Tortonese, E. 1956b. Leptocardia, Ciclostomata, Selachii. Fauna Ital., 2: 334 p., 163 fig.

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