The western angelshark (''Squatina pseudocellata'') is an
angelshark of the
family Squatinidae found on the
tropical outer
continental shelf
A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during glacial periods. The shelf surrounding an island ...
off northern
Western Australia, at depths of . Its length is up to .
Reproduction is
ovoviviparous, with up to 20 pups in a litter.
References
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Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, ''Sharks of the World'', Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005
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western angelshark
Marine fish of Western Australia
Vertebrates of Western Australia
western angelshark
western angelshark