Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Squatiniformes > Family Squatinidae > Genus Squatina

Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Squatina*	Duméril, 1806	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Squalus squatina*	Linnaeus, 1758	basionym
*Squalus squatina*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: engjëlli i detit; peshku engjëll; skadhina; skadhina e butë 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.

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

Breton: bret eal; eal vôr sources: Cabioch, L. (2008). Personal communication

Catalan: angelot; peix àngel sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Danish: havengel sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Dutch: zee-engel; zeeëngel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

English: angelshark; monkfish; puppy-fish sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

English-United States: Monkfish sources: Charles Hussey

Finnish: merienkeli

French: ange de mer commun; requin-raie sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

German: Engelhai; Meerengel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

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

Israel (Hebrew): מלאך-ים נקוד sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: pesce angelo; squadro sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: havengel

Norwegian Nynorsk: havengel

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

Polish: anioł morski; raszpla zwyczajna; ryna; skwat sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: anjo; peixe anjo sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Russian: Морской ангел sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

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

Spanish, Castillian: angelote; villano sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

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

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

Ukrainian: Європейський морський янгол; Морський ангел; Морський янгол європейський sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Welsh: maelgi

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (106 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105928