Squatinidae

Hidden angel shark

Squatina occulta

Shark from the Atlantic Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• South America
• Large
• Tropical fish

The hidden angelshark (Squatina occulta) is a species of angelshark that was named by Carolus Maria Vooren and Kleber Grübel da Silva in 1991. It inhabits the Atlantic coastline of South America from southern Brazil to Argentina. Hidden angelsharks grow up to 124 cm in length and are ovoviviparous, meaning the embryos develop inside eggs that remain inside the mother's body until they are ready to hatch.