ANGEL-FISH. 



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CHONDROPTERYCJ1. 



SQUALW.%. 



THE ANGEL FISH. 



MONK-FISH, SHARK-BAY, and KINGSTON. 



Squatina angelus, DUMERIL. CUVIED, Regne An. t. ii. p. 394. 



,, Monk, or Angel-Jish, WILLUGHBY, p. 79, D. 3. 



Squaius squatina, LINNAEUS. BLOCH, pt. iv. pi. 116. 



,, ,, Angel Shark, PENN. Brit. Zoo], vol. iii. p. 130, pi. 15, male. 



,, ,, ,, ,, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 17. 



Sqnatina vulguris, Monh-Jish, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 169, sp. 16. 



,, Angelus, Angel-Jish, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 507, sp. 197. 



,, vulgaris, Risso, Ichth. p. 45. 



SQUATINA. Generic Characters. Body very much depressed; head flat, 

 rounded anteriorly ; both eyes on the upper surface ; temporal orifices large, be- 

 hind the eyes ; mouth at the end of the snout ; pectoral fins large, attached an- 

 teriorly to the head, the posterior edge free ; two dorsal fins, both behind the 

 ventrals ; no anal fin. 



THIS fish, certainly more remarkable for the singularity of 

 its form than for its beauty, is called Angel-fish in England, 

 France, and Italy, and is said to have acquired that name 

 from the extended pectoral fins having the appearance of 

 it is also called Monk-fish, because its rounded head 



wings 



