Brazil country information

Common names: Anjo, Anjo-do-mar, Cação-anjo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
National Database:

Classification / Names

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Squatiniformes (Angel sharks) > Squatinidae (Angel sharks)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

قِرش مَلَك أرجنتيني, 阿根廷扁鲨, Ange de mer argentin, ... more

Main reference

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. (Ref. 247)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 170 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 247); common length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6077)

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 100 - 400 m (Ref. 57911)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 11°C (Ref. 107945); 19°S - 53°S, 68°W - 38°W (Ref. 54901)

Distribution

Southwest Atlantic: southern Brazil to Argentina.
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Found on the continental shelf and slope. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Endangered (EN) (A2b)

Threat to humans

Traumatogenic

Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Ecology
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References
Aquaculture
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Tools

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Internet sources

Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.1 ±0.6 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec 7-11)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Squatina argentina (Marini, 1930)