Ocellated angelshark

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The ocellated angelshark (Squatina tergocellatoides) is an angelshark of the family Squatinidae found only from the Taiwan Straits in the western Pacific between latitudes 28 and 22°N and in northern Malaysia. Its length is up to 63 cm.

Phylum:Chordata
Division:Selachii
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Ocellated angelshark
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Squatiniformes
Family: Squatinidae
Genus: Squatina
Species:
S. tergocellatoides
Binomial name
Squatina tergocellatoides
J. S. T. F. Chen, 1963
Range of ocellated angelshark (in blue)
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Reproduction is ovoviviparous.

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