Common name of Squatina squatina
 
Common name Ange de mer
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Morocco
Locality
Ref. Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba and K.E. Carpenter, 1994
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Ange de mer', i.e., angel of the sea, from Dutch 'zeeëgel', i.e., sea hedgehog or 'jeeëngel', i.e., because the pectoral fins ressemble wings (p. 33-34 in Ref. 9404); 'ange' from Ecclesiastical Latin 'angelus' borrowed from Greek 'aggelos', i.e., messenger of God; 'mer' from Latin 'mare' (p. 458 in Ref. 9404);
 
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