Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Squatiniformes > Family Squatinidae > Genus Squatina

Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Squatina*	Duméril, 1806	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sawback angelshark sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Sawback Angelshark sources: english PESI focal point

German: Sägerücken-Engelhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ακανθορίνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): מלאך-ים מגובשש sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: paprastasis plokščiakūnis ryklys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: raszpla ciernista sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: angelote espinoso

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
FishBase
GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105926