| Angular angel shark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squatiniformes |
| Family: | Squatinidae |
| Genus: | Squatina |
| Species: | S. guggenheim |
| Binomial name | |
| Squatina guggenheim Marini, 1936 |
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| Range of Angular angelshark (in blue) | |
The angular angel shark, Squatina guggenheim, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found off southern Brazil and Argentina at depths of between 4 and 265 m. Its length is up to 1.3 m.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 6 to 8 pups in a litter.
It was formerly named Squatina occulta.
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