Scientific Name	Squatina japonica   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bleeker, 1858	Depth	- 400M
Chinese	日本扁鯊	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	扁鯊科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F040　Squatinidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	日本扁鯊
Max Length	200 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	日本琵琶鮫、扁沙
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；福建魚類誌(朱等, 1985)  Bleeker, P. 1858 朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Walsh, J.H. etc. 2007
Specimen List
Common Name	Change angel shark; Change canopy shark; Japanese angelshark; Japanese angel shark; Japanese angelfish; Japanese monkfish
Redlist Status	IUCN Redlist: Vulnerable(VU) A2d+4d 2008-12-01
Characteristic	Body depressed, trunk moderately narrow. Anterior nasal barbells simple and with a narrow, spatulate tip. Posterior nasal flaps between nasal barbells and tips weakly fringed or smooth. Distance between eye and spiracle less than 1.5 times eye diameter. Dermal folds on each side of head without triangular lobes. Pectoral fin with rounded free rear tips. Spines present on midline of back and tail from head to dorsal fins and between the fin bases, and on snout and above eyes. Body without ocelli.
habitats	An uncommon, little-known angelshark, found on or near the bottom. Maximum total length about 2 m.
Distribution	Western North Pacific from southeastern sea of Japan to Yellow Sea, Japan, Koreas, northern China.
Utility	This species apparently taken in large numbers off China. Utilized for human consumption.