Colour: Are a yellow-brown to a chocolate-brown, obtains dense patterns of small white dark edged symmetrical spots, also with many large brownish blotches.

Has concave interorbital space and heavy orbital thorns which can be distinguished from Squatina australis.

Tropical; Outer continental shelf and upper slope, benthopelagic, marine.

Diet: Probably feeds on bony fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods.

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years; moderate to high vulnerability.