Squatinidae

Angel sharks

26 species

1. 1Squatina aculeata Cuvier, 1829 · Sawback angelsharkocean · subtropical
2. 2Squatina africana Regan, 1908 · African angelsharkocean · subtropical
3. 3Squatina albipunctata Last & White, 2008 · Eastern Angel Sharkocean · tropical
4. 4Squatina argentina (Marini, 1930) · Argentine angelsharkocean · subtropical
5. 5Squatina armata (Philippi, 1887)ocean · subtropical
6. 6Squatina australis Regan, 1906 · Australian angelsharkocean · temperate
7. 7Squatina caillieti Walsh, Ebert & Compagno, 2011ocean · deep-water
8. 8Squatina californica Ayres, 1859 · Pacific angelsharkocean · subtropical
9. 9Squatina david Acero P., Tavera, Anguila & Hernández, 2016 · David's Angel Sharkocean · tropical
10. 10Squatina dumeril Lesueur, 1818 · Atlantic angel sharkocean · subtropical
11. 11Squatina formosa Shen & Ting, 1972 · Taiwan anglesharkocean · deep-water
12. 12Squatina guggenheim Marini, 1936 · Angular angel sharkbrackish · ocean · subtropical
13. 13Squatina heteroptera Castro-Aguirre, Espinosa Pérez & Huidobro Campos, 2007 · Disparate angel sharkocean · tropical
14. 14Squatina japonica Bleeker, 1858 · Japanese angelsharkocean · subtropical
15. 15Squatina leae Weigmann, Vaz, Akhilesh, Leeney & Naylor, 2023 · Lea's angel sharkocean · deep-water
16. 16Squatina legnota Last & White, 2008 · Indonesian Angel Sharkocean · tropical
17. 17Squatina mapama Long, Ebert, Tavera, Acero P. & Robertson, 2021 · Small-crested angelsharkocean · tropical
18. 18Squatina mexicana Castro-Aguirre, Espinosa Pérez & Huidobro Campos, 2007 · Mexican angel sharkocean · tropical
19. 19Squatina nebulosa Regan, 1906 · Clouded angelsharkocean · deep-water
20. 20Squatina occulta Vooren & da Silva, 1991 · Hidden angel sharkocean · subtropical
21. 21Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840 · Smoothback angelsharkocean · subtropical
22. 22Squatina pseudocellata Last & White, 2008 · Western angelsharkocean · tropical
23. 23Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Angelsharkbrackish · ocean · temperate
24. 24Squatina tergocellata McCulloch, 1914 · Ornate angelsharkocean · temperate
25. 25Squatina tergocellatoides Chen, 1963 · Ocellated angelsharkocean · subtropical
26. 26Squatina varii Vaz & Carvalho, 2018ocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.