Scientific Name	Squatina formosa   Pronounce			by: Po-Feng Lee, Cheng-Yi Tsai & Ching-Yi Chen
Author	Shen & Ting, 1972	Depth	183 - 220M
Chinese	臺灣扁鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	扁鯊科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F040　Squatinidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	臺灣扁鯊
Max Length	55.4 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	臺灣琵琶鮫、扁沙
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tung-kong [Tongkang], 20°28'N, 120°26.3'E, Pingtung, southwestern Taiwan, depth 180 meters
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Shen, S.-C. etc. 1972 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Walsh, J.H. etc. 2007 Kriwet J., H. Endo etc. 2010
Specimen List	ASIZP0066121. ASIZP0075025. ASIZP0807656. ASIZP0917656. NTUM00365. NTUM01327. NTUM01328. NTUM01329.
Common Name	Taiwan angel shark; Taiwan angleshark; Tiawan angelfish
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Endangered(EN) A2d+4d 2008-12-01
Characteristic	Body depressed, trunk moderately narrow. Anterior nasal barbels usually simple and with a narrow, tapering tip. Posterior margin of anterior nasal flaps between nasal barbells and tips weakly fringed or with a triangular lobe. Distance from eye to spiracle less than 1.5 times of eye diameters. Dermal folds on each side of head possibly with a triangular lobe. Pectoral fin with narrowly subabgular free rear tips. Spines present on midline of back and tail, and on snout and between eyes small. Without ocelli on body.
habitats	Only distributed around Taiwan area. Sometimes caught on bottom at 183-220 m depth by bottom trawls.
Distribution	Northeastern and southwestern coasts of Taiwan Island.
Utility	Flesh utilized as fresh for human consumption.