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Squatina australis Regan, 1906

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Regan, Charles T. 1906. Descriptions of some new sharks in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History', Series 7 18: 435-440.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Squatiniformes
family
Squatinidae
genus
Squatina
species
Squatina australis

Name

Homonyms
Squatina australis Regan, 1906
Common names
Australian angelfish in English
Australian Angel Shark in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Regan, C. T. (1906). Descriptions of some new sharks in the British Museum Collection. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 18 (no. 108) (art. 70): 435-440.
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