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=== Extant species === Currently, the 26 recognized species in this genus are: * ''[[Squatina aculeata]]'' <small>[[Georges Cuvier|G. Cuvier]], 1829</small> (sawback angelshark) * ''[[Squatina africana]]'' <small>[[Charles Tate Regan|Regan]], 1908</small> (African angelshark) * ''[[Squatina albipunctata]]'' <small>[[Peter Robert Last|Last]] & [[William Toby White|W. T. White]], 2008</small> (eastern angelshark) * ''[[Squatina argentina]]'' <small>([[Tomás Leandro Marini|Marini]], 1930)</small> (Argentine angelshark) * ''[[Squatina armata]]'' <small>([[Rodolfo Amando Philippi|Philippi {Krumweide}]], 1887)</small> (Chilean angelshark) * ''[[Squatina australis]]'' <small>[[Charles Tate Regan|Regan]], 1906</small> (Australian angelshark) * ''[[Squatina caillieti]]'' <small>[[Jonathan H. Walsh|J. H. Walsh]], [[David A. Ebert|Ebert]] & [[Leonard Joseph Victor Compagno|Compagno]], 2011</small> (Philippines angelshark)<ref name=Walsh2011>{{cite journal |last1=Walsh |first1=Jonathan H. |last2=Ebert |first2=David A. |last3=Compagno |first3=Leonard J. V. |title=''Squatina caillieti'' sp. nov., a new species of angel shark (Chondrichthyes: Squatiniformes: Squatinidae) from the Philippine Islands |journal=Zootaxa |date=7 February 2011 |volume=2759 |issue=1 |pages=49–59 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2759.1.2 }}</ref> * ''[[Squatina californica]]'' <small>[[William Orville Ayres|Ayres]], 1859</small> (Pacific angelshark) * ''[[David's angelshark|Squatina david]]'' <small>[[Arturo Acero Pizarro|Acero P]], [[José Julián Tavera Vargas|Tavera Vargas]], [[Rafael Enrique Anguila-Gómez|Anguila-Gómez]] & [[Luis Rafael Hernández-Beracasa|Hernández-Beracasa]], 2016</small> (David's angelshark)<ref name=Acero2016>{{cite journal |last1=Acero P. |first1=Arturo |last2=Tavera |first2=José J. |last3=Anguila |first3=Rafael |last4=Hernández |first4=Luis |title=A New Southern Caribbean Species of Angel Shark (Chondrichthyes, Squaliformes, Squatinidae), Including Phylogeny and Tempo of Diversification of American Species |journal=Copeia |date=July 2016 |volume=104 |issue=2 |pages=577–585 |doi=10.1643/CI-15-292 |s2cid=89592022 }}</ref> * ''[[Squatina dumeril]]'' <small>[[Charles Alexandre Lesueur|Lesueur]], 1818</small> (sand devil) * ''[[Squatina formosa]]'' <small>[[Shen Shih-Chieh|S. C. Shen]] & [[Ting Wai-Hwa|W. H. Ting]], 1972</small> (Taiwan angelshark) * ''[[Squatina guggenheim]]'' <small>[[Tomás Leandro Marini|Marini]], 1936</small> (angular angelshark) * ''[[Squatina heteroptera]]'' <small>[[José Luis Castro-Aguirre|Castro-Aguirre]], [[Héctor Salvador Espinosa-Pérez|Espinoza-Pérez]] & [[Leticia Huidobro-Campos|Huidobro-Campos]], 2007</small> (disparate angelshark) * ''[[Squatina japonica]]'' <small>[[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1858</small> (Japanese angelshark) * ''[[Squatina leae]]'' <small>Weigmann, Vaz, Akhilesh, Leeney & Naylor 2023</small> (Lea’s angel shark)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritter |first=Moira |date=11 July 2023 |title=Sea creature with oversized tail was found decades ago. Now it's labeled a new species |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article277214728.html |access-date=13 October 2023 |website=[[Miami Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pskhun |date=2023-07-12 |title=Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2023] Squatina leae • Revision of the Western Indian Ocean Angel Sharks, Genus Squatina (Squatiniformes: Squatinidae), with Description of A New Species and Redescription of the African Angel Shark Squatina africana Regan, 1908 |url=https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2023/07/squatina.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Species New to Science}}</ref> * ''[[Squatina legnota]]'' <small>[[Peter Robert Last|Last]] & [[William Toby White|W. T. White]], 2008</small> (Indonesian angelshark) * ''[[Squatina mapama]]'' <small>[[Douglas J. Long|Long]], [[David A. Ebert|Ebert]], [[Jose Tavera|Tavera]], [[Arturo Acero Pizarro|Acero P.]], and [[David Ross Robertson|Robertson]], 2021</small> (Small-crested angelshark) * ''[[Squatina mexicana]]'' <small>[[José Luis Castro-Aguirre|Castro-Aguirre]], [[Héctor Salvador Espinosa-Pérez|Espinoza-Pérez]] & [[Leticia Huidobro-Campos|Huidobro-Campos]], 2007</small> (Mexican angelshark) * ''[[Squatina nebulosa]]'' <small>[[Charles Tate Regan|Regan]], 1906</small> (clouded angelshark) * ''[[Squatina occulta]]'' <small>[[Carolus Maria Vooren|Vooren]] & [[Kleber Grübel da Silva|K. G. da Silva]], 1991</small> (hidden angelshark) * ''[[Squatina oculata]]'' <small>[[Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1840</small> (smoothback angelshark) * ''[[Squatina pseudocellata]]'' <small>[[Peter Robert Last|Last]] & [[William Toby White|W. T. White]], 2008</small> (western angelshark) * ''[[Squatina squatina]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small> (angelshark) * ''[[Squatina tergocellata]]'' <small>[[Allan Riverstone McCulloch|McCulloch]], 1914</small> (ornate angelshark) * ''[[Squatina tergocellatoides]]'' <small>[[Johnson T. F. Chen|J. S. T. F. Chen]], 1963</small> (ocellated angelshark) * ''[[Squatina varii]]'' <small>Vaz & Carvalho, 2018</small> (Brazilian angelshark)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Squatina varii summary page |url=https://www.fishbase.us/summary/Squatina-varii.html |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=FishBase |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1002/aqc.2769|title=Population structure, distribution and habitat use of the Critically Endangered Angelshark, ''Squatina squatina'', in the Canary Islands|journal=Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems|volume=27|issue=6|pages=1133–1144|year=2017|last1=Meyers|first1=Eva K. M.|last2=Tuya|first2=Fernando|last3=Barker|first3=Joanna|last4=Jiménez Alvarado|first4=David|last5=Castro-Hernández|first5=José Juan|last6=Haroun|first6=Ricardo|last7=Rödder|first7=Dennis|bibcode=2017ACMFE..27.1133M }}</ref><ref name="Stelbrink et al 2010"/>
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