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Squatina guggenheim (Brazilian subpopulation)

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	CHONDRICHTHYES	SQUATINIFORMES	SQUATINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Squatina guggenheim (Brazilian subpopulation)

Species Authority:

Marini, 1936

Parent Species:

See Squatina guggenheim

Common Name/s:

English

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Angular Angel Shark

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered A1bd+2d ver 2.3
Year Published:	2000
Date Assessed:	2000-06-30
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Chiaramonte, G.E.
Reviewer/s:	Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority)
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.

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Brazil
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Atlantic – southeast
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Population [top]

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:

Marine

Citation:	Chiaramonte, G.E. 2000. Squatina guggenheim (Brazilian subpopulation). In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 April 2014.
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