Squatina californica Ayres, 1859

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, Zootaxa 5053 (1), pp. 1-285 : 22

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 .