Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > 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, 1805	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

Turkish: keler; keler baligi; keler balığı

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. Déterville, Paris. Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Squatina aculeata, by FAO)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105926