ANGEL-FISH. 407 



CHONDROPTERYGIL SQUAUD&. 



THE ANGEL-FISH. 



MONK-FISH, SHARK-RAY, and KINGSTON. 



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



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



Squalus squatina, LINNJEVS. BLOCH, pt. iv. pi. 116. 



,, ,, Angel Shark, PENN. Brit. Zooi. vol. iii. p. 130, pi. 15, 



male. 



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



Squatina vulgaris, Monk-fali, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 169, sp. 16. 



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



Generic Characters. Body very much depressed ; head flat, rounded ante- 

 riorly ; both eyes on the upper surface ; temporal orifices present ; mouth at the 

 end of the snout ; pectoral fins large ; 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 

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

 looks as if enveloped in a monk's hood. Mr. Donovan says 

 the form of its body has obtained for it in some places the 



