| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| Animalia | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Squatiniformes | Squatinidae |
| Scientific Name: | Squatina guggenheim (Brazilian subpopulation) | |||
| Species Authority: | Marini, 1936 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered A1bd+2d ver 2.3 |
| Year Published: | 2000 |
| Date Assessed: | 2000-06-30 |
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| Assessor(s): | Chiaramonte, G.E. |
| Reviewer(s): | Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority) |
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Justification: This is a common bottom-dwelling shark at depths of between 10-80 m in western South Atlantic coastal waters from Southern Brazil to Northern Argentina. Although not usually targeted, it is commonly captured and landed by unmanaged multi-species gillnet and bottom trawl fisheries, and 50% of landings are immature. Intensive exploitation in recent years has led to an 88% decrease in trawling CPUE for the angel sharks S. guggenheim and S. occulta in Southern Brazil (Vooren 1996), although landings remain high because of the increased fishing effort targeting more fecund species in the multi-species fishery. |
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| Countries occurrence: | Native: Brazil |
| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: | Native: Atlantic – southeast |
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| Current Population Trend: |  Decreasing |
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| Citation: | Chiaramonte, G.E. 2000. Squatina guggenheim (Brazilian subpopulation). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T39465A10239986. . Downloaded on 21 July 2017. |
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