monkfish
Squatina squatina
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Squatiniformes
- Family
- Squatinidae
- Genus
- Squatina
Where to Find
Found in 10 diving areas across 6 countries and 1 regions.
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 3 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 22 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 2 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 22 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 3 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 3 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 258 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 1 records