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African Angelshark
161088-004-832806DD
Information
Range Western Indian Ocean: found in East and southern Africa; South Africa to Mozambique, Tanzania and Madagascar, and possibly Somalia
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Squatiniformes
Family Squatinidae
Genus Squatina
Species S. africana
Conservation Status
DDSpecies
Data Deficient

The African angelshark, (Squatina africana), is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae.

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