Angelsharks
Their body is smooth and has wide fins that look like
wings which these sharks their name. They cover in the
sand and mud during day time and look for food at night.
Being called monkfish also, Angelsharks live on ocean
floors at depths from 10 to 4,300 feet (3 to 1300 m).
They live in warm oceans.
Food:
Angelsharks eat
fish,
crustaceans, and
mollusks.
Body:
The Pacific Angelshark is up to 5
feet (1.5 m) long, has tan skin with brown markings and
large spiracles near the eyes.
Class:
Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata,
Class Chondrichthyes, Order
Squatiniformes,
Family Squatinidae (angelsharks).
