Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Elasmobranchii > Order: Squatiniformes > Family: Squatinidae > Genus: Squatina > Species: Squatina oculata

Smooth-back angelshark - Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Critically Endangered (IUCN)
Protected by 1 international agreement

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Ange de mer ocellé French Fishbase
Anjo-de-malhas Portuguese Fishbase
Matorina Greek Fishbase
Pez ángel Spanish Fishbase
Rina Greek Fishbase
Skadhine Albanian Fishbase
Smooth-back angelshark English Fishbase
Smoothback angelshark English Fishbase
Squadro pelle rossa Italian Fishbase
Täplämerienkeli Finnish Fishbase
Xkatlu Maltese Fishbase
Xkatlu ta' l-ghajnejn Maltese Fishbase
No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea search Fauna Europaea
FishBase FishBase
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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