Squatina africana Regan, 1908

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 101

Squatina africana Regan, 1908

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 108 cm TL

Water type: marine

Environment: demersal

Depth range:?- 494 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: NT – Near threatened (A2d / 2019)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: western Indian ocean: tropical and warm temperate waters from Tanzania to the eastern Cape coast of South Africa. Records from Gabon seem doubtful according to the known distribution of the species: FISH in GBIF and Fishbase, May 1964, ( SIAP, 2002).