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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderSquatiniformes
  5. ›familySquatinidae
  6. ›genusSquatina
Squatina mexicana
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Squatina mexicana

Squatina mexicana Castro-Aguirre, Espinosa Pérez & Huidobro Campos, 2007

First described in: Castro-Aguirre. 2006. Dos nuevas especies del género Squatina (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) del Golfo de México. Revista de Biologia Tropical    Volume: 54    Issue: 3    Pages: 1031-1040

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2417798.