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Range. Temperate latitudes in the western side of the South Atlantic j northern 

 Argentina (the type locality), and apparently common along the coasts of Uruguay and 

 southern Brazil as far north as Rio de Janeiro/" 



Synonyms and References: 



Squatina squatina Schreiner and Ribeiro, Arch. Mus. nac. Rio de J., 12, 1903: 80 (near Rio de Janeiro); 



Ribeiro, Feces "Annie," 1904: 18 (off Ilha Rassa, Brazil); Arch. Mus. nac. Rio de J., 14, 1907: 170, 



pi. 10 (descr., ill., Rio de Janeiro); Devincenzi, An. Mus. Hist. nat. Montevideo, (2) 1, 1920: 124 



(abund., Uruguay); Ribeiro, Fauna brasil. Peixes, 2 (l) Fasc. I, 1923; 27, pi. 9 (descr., ill., Rio de 



Janeiro) ; Devincenzi and Barattini, An. Mus. Hist. nat. Montevideo, Suppl. Album Ictiol., 1926: pi. 3, 



fig. I (ill., Uruguay); Fowler, Arqu. Zool. Estado Sao Paulo, j, 1942: 129 (listed for Bay of Rio de 



Janeiro, Biazil) ; not Squdus squatina Linnaeus, 1758. 

 Squatina angelus Lahille, Physis B. Aires, 5, 1 92 1 : 63 (listed for Argentina) ; Enum. Feces. Cartilag. Argent., 



1921: 17 (listed for Argentina); Pozzi and Bordale, An. Soc. cient. argent., 120, 1935: 152 (listed 



for Argentina, Lat. 3 5 "-47° S.). 

 Rhina angelus Marini, Physis B. Aires, 9 (34), 1929: 422 (listed for north. Argentina) ; not Squatina angelus 



Blainville, 1816 (sometimes referred, but incorrectly, to Dumeril, A. M. C, Zool. Anallt, 1806: 102); 



same as Squalus squatina Linnaeus, 1758. 

 Rhina argentina Marini, Physis B. Aires, 10 (35), 1930: 5, I fig. (descr., good ill., meas., Argentina, Lat. 



39° S.) ; Pozzi and Bordale, An. Soc. cient. argent., 120, 1935: 15: (listed for Argentina, Lat. 39° S.). 

 Squatina annata Norman, "Discovery" Rep., 16, 1937: 10 (descr., comp. with other sp., Argentina); Hart, 



"Discovery" Rep., 23, 1946: 260 (Argentina by ref. to Norman, 1937); not Rhino armata Philippi, 



1887. 



39. If our reference to it of the several Uruguayan and Brazilian records for angelus and squatina be correct. 



