angel shark

noun

1. any shark of the genus Squatina, found in warm and temperate shore waters, having a depressed, flat body and large, winglike pectoral fins.

angel shark

noun

1. Also called: monkfish. any of several sharks constituting the family Squatinidae, such as Squatina squatina, that have very large flattened pectoral fins and occur in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Example Sentences

Volunteer Matt Thomson said he was already hooked and hoped to see a "really rare" angel shark during his work on the project.

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On March 27, a day crew charter aboard Dana Wharf Sportfishing’s Reel Fun was shocked when one of the young crew members reeled in a highly elusive angel shark, The Orange County Register reported.

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"If we lose the angel shark, we lose a really important lineage of evolutionary history that we can't get from any other shark species."

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On her return, she stumbled upon a book in the ZSL library, describing the presence of the angel shark in Wales 100 ago.

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None of these five angel shark species live in U.S. waters, so protection under the Endangered Species Act wouldn’t do too much to help them directly unless anyone tried to import them into the country.

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