Squatina californica Ayres 1859

• Main Authors: Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W., Maslenikov, Katherine P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Squatiniformes; Squatinidae; Squatina; Squatina californica; Yukon; Baja; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Milton; Gonzalez; Schott; Cornejo; Beaufort Sea; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5818692; https://zenodo.org/record/5818692

Squatina californica Ayres, 1859. Pacific Angel Shark . To 175 cm (68.9 in) TL (Ebert et al. 2013). Clover Point, Vancouver Island (48°24’N, 123°21’W) (King and Surry 2016) to Gulf of California (Bizzarro et al. 2007). Reports from Chile are erroneous (Cailliet et al. 2020), and those from Peru are unlikely (Cornejo et al. 2015). One old, unverifiable record from south-eastern Alaska (Evermann and Goldsborough 1907; Mecklenburg et al. 2002); southern Chile record (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) not verifiable. Co-occurs with Squatina armata (Philippi, 1887) off Peru. Depth: intertidal to 205 m (672 ft) (min.: Carlisle et al. 1960; max.: Robertson and Allen 2008). Previously Torpedo californica Ayres, 1855. : Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008 : {"references": ["Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. & Compagno, L. (2013) Sharks of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, Great Britain. 528 p.", "King, J. R. & Surry, A. M. (2016) First record of Pacific angel shark (Squatina californica) in Canadian Pacific waters. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 4, 302 - 303. https: // doi. org / 10.22621 / cfn. v 130 i 4.1922", "Bizzarro, J. J., Smith, W. D., Hueter, R. E., Tyminski, J., Marquez-Farias, J. F., Castillo-Ganiz, J. L., Cailliet, G. M. & Villacencio- Garayzar, C. J. (2007) The status of shark and ray fishery resources in the Gulf of California: applied research to improve management and conservation. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Technical Publication, 2009 - 01.", "Cornejo, R., Velez-Zuazo, X., Gonzalez-Pestana, A., Kouri J., C. & Mucientes, G. (2015) An updated checklist of Chondrichthyes from the southeast Pacific off Peru. CheckList, 11, 1809. https: // doi. org / 10.15560 / 11.6.1809", "Evermann, B. W. & Goldsborough, E. L. (1907) The fishes of Alaska. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (for 1906), 26, 219 - 36.", "Eschmeyer, W. N. & Herald, E. S. (1983) A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.", "Carlisle, J. G. Jr., Schott, J. W. & Abramson, N. J. (1960) The barred surfperch (Amphistichus argenteus Agassiz) in southern California. California Department of Fish and Game, Fish Bulletin, 109.", "Robertson, D. R. & Allen, G. R. (2008) Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: an Information System. Version 1.0 (2008). Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa."]}