angel shark

See also: angelshark

English

angel shark (plural angel sharks)

A member of the unusual genus Squatina of sharks with flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins resembling skates or rays. There are approximately 16 known species, which are the only members of their taxonomic genus, family and order. They occur worldwide in temperate and tropical seas.

a member of the unusual genus Squatina of sharks

Catalan: àngel (ca) m, angelot (ca) m, escat (ca) m
Dutch: zee-engel (nl)
Finnish: merienkeli (fi)
French: squatine (fr) f
German: Engelhai m
Hungarian: angyalcápa (hu)
Italian: squalo angelo
Korean: 전자리상어 (jeonjarisang'eo)
Latin: squatina f
Ottoman Turkish: میمون بالغی (maymun balığı)
Polish: anioł morski (pl) m, raszpla (pl) f
Portuguese: cação-anjo m
Russian: плоскоте́лая аку́ла f (ploskotélaja akúla), сквати́на f (skvatína), морско́й анге́л m (morskój angél)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: склат m

Latin: sklat (sh) m
Spanish: angelote (es) m
Swedish: havsängel (sv) c
Turkish: maymun balığı (tr)

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