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Squatina argentina (Argentine angelfish; Argentine angelshark; Argentine Angel shark)

Synonyms: Rhina argentina
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Argentine angelshark (Squatina argentina) is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae.
View Wikipedia Record: Squatina argentina

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Squatina argentina

Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  4 years
Litter Size [1]  6
Maximum Longevity [1]  12 years

Prey / Diet

Illex argentinus (Argentine Shortfin Squid)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Stibarobdella moorei[3]

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
♦ 3Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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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