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SpeciesSquatiniformesSquatinidae
Sharks & rays

🐟Squatina squatina

Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Der Meerengel (Squatina squatina), auch als Gemeiner Engelhai oder Gewöhnlicher Engelhai bezeichnet, ist ein bodenbewohnender Hai, der an der europäischen Atlantikküste und im Mittelmeer vorkommt.

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Also called
monkfish, Angel shark, Angel Shark, Angelshark
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
80 kg
Body length
1.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Squatina squatina

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
80 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
1.5 mrecord 1.83 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

By sex

  • Female2.44 mFishBasev25.04
Trophic level
4.05
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.05 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
traumatogenic
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
80 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Squatina squatina yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderSquatiniformes
  5. ›familySquatinidae
  6. ›genusSquatina
  7. ›speciesSquatina squatina
Full lineage
  1. subphylumVertebrata
  2. superclassGnathostomata
  3. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  4. subclassElasmobranchii
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. classSharks & rays · Chondrichthyes
  7. subclassElasmobranchii
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In other languages
Squatina squatina (fr), Meerengel (de), Squatina squatina (es), havengel (nb), zee-engel (nl), Raszpla zwyczajna (pl) … and 19 more languages
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