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Monotypic taxon: Family Squatinidae Blainville, 1816 - angel sharks (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  de Blainville, 1816, orth. corr.
Original name & rank:  de Blainville, 1816: 121. ["Squatina", "genus or even a family"].
Subsequent spelling: 
Incorrect (rank-group) authorship:  Duméril, 1805: 101. ["Squatina"; no family-group name].
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 22 ("de Blainville 1816", "clearly used as a suprageneric taxon, Article 11.7.1.2").

Attributes

Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 22. [inferred]

Types

Type: Squatina (Genus) Duméril, 1805 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025. [implicit]

Synonyms

Junior synonym: Rhinidae (Family) Gill, 1862, nom. illeg. Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 599.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: schoorhaaien Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: angel sharks Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 79; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
: angel sharks Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2450.
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