Squatina squatina

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Squatina squatina - sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

genus Squatina, Squatina - type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks

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Although once commonplace across Europe, the Angelshark - or Monkfish, can only be found in significant numbers near the Canary Islands, listed as "Critically Endangered" on the IUCN Red List (the International Union for Conservation of Nature's list of threatened species).

Rare shark makes a comeback in Wales; Fishermen helping with sightings of harmless monkfish

Once common, creatures like porbeagle, spiny dogsh, angelshark and common skate are all now critically endangered.

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However, three other species were similarly represented within the overall catch composition, the: blue shark, Prionace glauca (11.4%), Pacific sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon longurio (11.3%), and Pacific angelshark, Squatina californica (11.6%).

Activities and catch composition of artisanal elasmobranch fishing sites on the Eastern Coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico

EVER seen a Chinese dolphin, a sawback angelshark, or a Sumatran orang-utan (below)?