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Squatina occulta (Smoothback angel shark; Hidden angel shark; Argentine angelshark)

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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Squatina occulta

Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  10 years
Litter Size [1]  7
Maximum Longevity [1]  21 years

Prey / Diet

Illex argentinus (Argentine Shortfin Squid)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Santos RA, Haimovici M. 2000. The Argentine short-finned squid Illex argentinus in the food webs of southern Brazil. Sarsia 85:49-60
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0