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Order Squatiniformes
Family Squatinidae — Angel Sharks
Squatina californica Ayres, 1859. Pacific Angel Shark. To 152 cm (59.8 in) TL (Compagno 1984). Puget
Sound, Washington (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California (De La
Cruz-Agüero et al. 1994), and Gulf of California (Compagno 1984) to southern Chile (Eschmeyer and
Herald 1983). One old, unverifiable record from southeastern Alaska (Evermann and Goldsborough
1907; see Mecklenburg et al. 2002:89). The South American fish may be a different species (Ebert 2003).
Bottom at surf zone to 183 m (600 ft) (min.: Carlisle et al. 1960; max.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Order Heterodontiformes
Family Heterodontidae — Bullhead Sharks or Horn Sharks
Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1855). Horn Shark. To at least 96 cm (37.8 in) TL (Ebert 2003), reported to
122 cm (48 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). San Francisco, northern California (Compagno 2001) to Gulf
of California (Miller and Lea 1972); unconfirmed from Ecuador and Peru (Ebert 2003). Intertidal and
to 200 m (656 ft; De La Cruz-Agüero et al. 1997).
Heterodontus mexicanus Taylor & Castro-Aguirre, 1972. Mexican Horn Shark. To at least 96 cm (37.8 in) TL,
unconfirmed to 120 cm (47.2 in) TL (Ebert 2003). De La Cruz-Agüero et al. (1997) list the maximum
length as much larger, 1.7 m TL (5.6 ft). Bahia Magdalena, southern Baja California (De La Cruz-
Agüero et al. 1994) into the Gulf of California (Compagno 1984) to northern Peru (Chirichigno and
Vélez 1998). Inshore (Compagno 1984) to at least 38 m (125 ft; LACM 8825.003) and possibly to 50 m
(Compagno 2001).
Order Orectolobiformes
Family Ginglymostomatidae — Nurse Sharks
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788). Nurse Shark. To 4.3 m (14.1 ft) TL (Compagno 1984). Pacific
and Atlantic; southern Baja California into Gulf of California (Compagno 1984) to Máncora, Peru
(Chirichigno and Vélez 1998). Intertidal and to 130 m (426 ft) (min.: Gasparini and Floeter 2001; max.:
Compagno 2001).
Family Rhincodontidae — Whale Sharks
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828. Whale Shark. To at least 18 m (59.0 ft) TL (Ebert 2003), possibly 21.4 m
(70.6 ft) TL (Compagno in Carpenter and Niem 1998). Circumtropical; Santa Cruz, central California
to northern Chile and Islas Galápagos (Ebert 2003). Pelagic, descends as deep as 700 m (2,296 ft) or
more (Compagno 2001).
Order Lamniformes
Family Mitsukurinidae — Goblin Sharks
Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898. Goblin Shark. To 3.85 m (12.6 ft) TL (Ebert 2003). Circumglobal; San
Clemente Island, southern California (Ugoretz and Seigel 1999). At 40–1,300 m (131–4,264 ft; Ugoretz
and Seigel 1999).
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