Eastern Angel Shark (species: Squatina albipunctata) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Squatina albipunctata
Eastern Angel Shark

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Chondrichthyes
Order Squatiniformes
Family Squatinidae
Genus Squatina
Species Squatina albipunctata

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

Broad, flat body with a broad, blunt snout and two relatively tall dorsal fins located posteriorly. Sandy brown in colour.

This shark grows to 1.3 m (Last and Stevens, 2009) and is normally found on the bottom. The only record of the species from the Lizard Island area (by Simon Dunn on 8 March 2022) is of an animal swimming in mid-water, at about 5 m where the bottom was more than 10 m deep. Unfortunately there is no photo of that individual. If correctly identified, it seems to be a northward range extension for the species. Fishes of Australia website lists Cairns as the northernmost record (accessed 9 Mar 2022).

Size

  • Up to 130 cm (Length of specimen)

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References

  • Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens (2009). Sharks and Rays of Australia.: 2nd Edition CSIRO Publishing, Australia.