monkfish

Squatina squatina

Flat body and wide fins cover seabed

monkfish is a fish from East Atlantic. Records give a maximum length of 183 cm. It is listed as Critically Endangered.

Class: Sharks and Rays
Order: Angel Sharks
Family: Squatinidae
Genus: Squatina
Maximum length: 183 cm
Body shape: other
Distribution: East Atlantic. Its range and abundance is declining severely throughout its range. There is a proposed legal protection in Britain (Ref. 58085 ). The European Council Regulations 43/2009, 23/2010, 57/2011, 44/2012, 40/2013, 43/2014, 2015/104 and 2016/72 prohibit to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship and to land this species in all waters from the European Community (F. Osaer, pers.comm. 04/2016).
Conservation status: CRCritically Endangered

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