Squatina mapama (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Squatina mapama

Caption

One of the distinguishing characteristics of S. mapama is a short and narrow line of small scales which gives this new species the common name “small-crested angel shark”.

Credit

D. Ross Robertson - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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