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The angel shark has unique features that differentiates them from other sharks. They are considered as smaller sized sharks because they grow up to only 7 feet (2.1 m) and can weigh around 77 pounds (35 kg), as opposed to the whale shark that can measure up to 32 feet (9.8 m) and weigh 20,000 pounds (9,100 kg).
The word squatina is the name for skate in Latin; it was made the genus name for all angel sharks by the French zoologist André Duméril in 1806. [3] Other common names used for this species include angel, angel fiddle fish, angel puffy fish, angel ray, angelfish, escat jueu, fiddle fish, monk, and monkfish. [4]
This species resembles other angel sharks in appearance, with a flattened body and greatly enlarged pectoral and pelvic fins. Characteristic features of this shark include a pair of cone-shaped barbels on its snout, angular pectoral fins, and a brown or gray dorsal coloration with many small dark markings. It attains a maximum length of 1.5 m ...
Squatiniformes is an order of sharks belonging to Squalomorphii.It contains only a single living genus Squatina, commonly known as angelsharks.The oldest genus of the order, Pseudorhina is known from the Late Jurassic of Europe. [1]
Squatina leae, commonly known as Lea's angel shark, [1] is a species of deep-water angelshark restricted to the Saya de Malha Bank, [2] [3] that may possibly inhabit waters around the Indian Ocean. The species was described with young specimens captured in deep waters in the region. [ 3 ]
The sand devil or Atlantic angel shark (Squatina dumeril) is a species of angelshark, family Squatinidae, native to the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. It occurs off the eastern United States , in the northern Gulf of Mexico , and possibly in parts of the Caribbean Sea .
S. mapama, like all Squatina (angelsharks), has a wide and flat body resembling that of rays. [1]: 114 [2]Detail of nasal flaps of the fresh holotype. Its head length ranges from 16.5% to 17.5% of its total length (TL), and its head width is about 22.2% of TL, with the maximum head width just anterior of its gill opening.
The Chilean angelshark mainly consumes lizardfish, teleosts and their remains, crustaceans, mollusks, elasmobranchs, and some species of shrimp.