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FISH FACTS |
Description
Body flattened with five gill slits on either side of head partially hidden by front of expanded pectoral fins; grey to grey-brown with a pattern of white spots. Tail with two dorsal fins and a caudal fin at the tip. Up to 1.5 m long (head to tail tip).
Angel Sharks live on the bottom and feed on small fishes and crustaceans.
Author credit: Dianne J. Bray, Dr Martin F. Gomon / Museum Victoria
Habitat
Sand or rock areas, between 15 and 230 m deep.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Southern Australia.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Chondrichthyes | | Order: | Squatiniformes | | Family: | Squatinidae | | Genus: | Squatina | | Species: | australis | | Common Name: | Australian Angelshark |
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