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Squatina guggenheim (Brazilian subpopulation)

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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
Common Name/s:
English – Angular Angel Shark

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered A1bd+2d ver 2.3
Year Published: 2000
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Chiaramonte, G.E.
Reviewer/s: Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
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 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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