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  2. Angelshark - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Pacific angelshark - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Squatina mapama - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Squatina squatina - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  6. Chilean angelshark - Wikipedia

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    The Chilean angelshark mainly consumes lizardfish, teleosts and their remains, crustaceans, mollusks, elasmobranchs, and some species of shrimp.

  7. Sand devil - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  8. Sawback angelshark - Wikipedia

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    The lower belly of the shark has denticles only on outer edges of pectoral and pelvic fins Obtains large thorns atop its head in a row down its back. The colour of the angelshark is light brown mottled with dark brown, with white sports arranged on the head and some of the body.

  9. Japanese angelshark - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese angelshark (Squatina japonica) is a species of angelshark, family Squatinidae, found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off China, Japan, and Korea. It is a bottom-dwelling shark found in sandy habitats down to 300 m (980 ft) deep.