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Ornate Angelshark,swimming

Reference

IB0291

Category

Sharks and Rays

Family Name

Angelsharks - SQUATINIDAE

Common Name

Ornate Angelshark,swimming

Scientific Name

Squatina tergocellata

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Angelsharks are principally ambush predators. They lie camouflaged and immobile on the bottom, sometimes for weeks at a time. Their diet includes small fishes, crustaceans, squid and other invertebrates.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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