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 oculata Bonaparte, 1840

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Squatina*	Duméril, 1805	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshkengjëll me njolla; skadhina sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

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

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

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

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

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

Spanish, Castillian: angelote manchado; pez ángel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: keler; keler baligi; keler balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Морський янгол гладкоспинний

Literature

original description	Bonaparte, C. L. (1840). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. Pesci. Roma. Fasc. 27-29, puntata 136-154, 10 pls.
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 oculata, by FAO)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840. 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:105927