#angelshark

[herpsandbirds]

Give me your favorite shark i like sharks

Favorite shark: Oh that's easy... carpet and angelsharks!

Pacific Angelshark (Squatina californica), family Squatinidae, order Squatiniformes, off the coast of CA, USA

photograph by Andy Murch

[fluffomatic]

Ooo, the tickle forest looks so fun! If I’m not too late, I’d like to suggest a possible tickle shark?

There’s some breeds of sharks that are pretty small- perfect for nuzzles and nudges whsnsnnsns

I hope you have a great event friend! Your tickle forest is so cute! 🥰 Have a great day!

I decided to do catsharks cause they're so cute! Enjoy the little fella~

(My art don't repost but please reblog)

[i-give-you-a-fish]

Can Baba Ganoosh have a fish?

He’s asking nicely

Fish for Baba Ganoosh!

You get an Australian Angelshark

Squatina australis

[paintedmakos]

Palestine will be free 🍉

Jordan Bream (Acanthobrama lissneri) and Sawback Angelshark (Squatina aculeata)

[fishenjoyer1]

Fish of the Day

Today's fish of the day is the Australian angelshark!

The Australian angelshark, known by scientific name Squatina australis, is a common coastal shark in Australia. The range of this shark stretches across the continental shelf of Southern Australia, from Western Australia to New South Wales. Living along the seabed, it survives at depths of 130-255 meters, or 430-840ft. This is where this shark will live on muddy or sandy seabed, which it uses to disguise itself, or seagrass beds, nearby rocky reefs where it will hunt.  

As a primarily nocturnal species, the Australian angelshark hunts in the night, searching for prey within rocky zones and reefs. The diet is made up of small fishes, crustaceans, and other invertebrates which it crushes between its sharp teeth. During the day, these sharks spend their time buried beneath the sand, hiding from potential predators, well remaining hidden from nearby prey, which it will lunge at once close enough. 

These sharks, like other angel sharks, are ovoviviparous, meaning that the young survive off of the egg casing inside of the uterus of the mother as they gestate, and litters of pups can get up to 20 pups at a time. Other than this, little is known of the breeding habits of the Australian Angelshark, but due to their close relation to the Pacific angel shark, we can estimate they may gestate their pups for around 10 months. From what we know of pacific angel sharks, we can assume a breeding season takes place in May-July, and birthing is done from March-June of the following year. Sexual maturity of the Australian angelshark is achieved at 90cm in length for males, and 97cm in length for females, and they can get as large as 152cm in length total. Although we don't know the lifespan of the Australian angelshark specifically, most angel sharks live lives of 20-25 years, going through around 15 breeding seasons throughout their lifespan.

Have a wonderful day, everyone!

[aticketplz]

写りは悪いけど普段みられないカスザメをみられて嬉しかった

ダイバーさんが掘り出してくれました

@海響館

The photos are not very good quality, but I am glad to see so many cute moments of angelsharks. They are usually sleeping in the sand. The divers dug them out!

@Kaikyokan

[squishyfauna]

Ornate angelshark for World Oceans Day today. Sadly all 23 species of angelsharks are critically endangered due to overfishing and them being very slow breeders which makes it very hard to make up for the lost numbers 😞

Patreon | Etsy

[steadfastpetrel]

Day 8: Choose Your Own Shark (Angelshark) 🍵🎂

Ending this sketch jam with a matcha cake shark! Had a lot of fun, thanks for sticking with me and I hope you’ll stay for more!

id: An angelshark drawn to look like it’s made of matcha angel food cake. It is covered in a drippy light green icing and has whipped cream fins. It is decorated with berries along its body, and its tail is a lighter green whipped cream. It swims in a splash of grey-green under the words “Angelshark.” Two hearts dot the bottom right corner. end id

[loveleetoons]

There is something incredibly fun about using prisma markers and pencils. I loved coloring these.

[bjekkergauken]

Sloppy wet salty kiss

[viridisix]

Hey! I have a request for a moodboard :)) can you make a sad brad bakshi one that’d be great (no pressure)

sorry it took so long!

brad bakshi // angelshark

[fungalleech]

someszing evil iz brewing muahahaha (mad scientist german accent here)

hi guys im making a super cool closed species you guys should really be super interested and intrigured/j

first image art creds go to thelittle_drekkubus

anywho yeah closed species in the works. keep youer eyes open

[alphares]

Happy Sharkweek everybody! Those four are waiting for you over on [Furaffinity] - [Deviantart]

[vyragosa]

it’s a colored piece so i’ll be damned and actually put the hashtag even

[cosmiccerebellum]

Australian angelshark facts

The Australian angelshark (Squatina australis) is a species of angelshark, family Squatinidae, found in the subtropical waters of southern Australia from Western Australia to New South Wales between latitudes 18°S and 41°S, at depths down to 255 m (840 ft). Its length is up to 1.52 m (5 ft). Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with up to 20 pups in a litter.

The Australian angelshark has a broad, vertically compressed body and large triangular pectoral fins with free trailing flaps. The snout has fringed barbels beside the nostrils and a pair of spiracles.

Each of these is set at a distance from the eye of about one and a half times the diameter of the eye. There are two small dorsal fins set far back and the tail fin is small. The maximum length is about 152 centimetres (60 in) and this shark has no large eyespots on the body.

Male individuals are fully mature at around 800 millimetres (31 in) total length.

The Australian angelshark is native to the continental shelf of southern Australia being found along the coasts of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales at depths down to about 130 metres (430 ft). It is usually found on sandy or muddy seabeds and in seagrass meadows, often close to rocky reefs.

The Australian angelshark lies semi-submerged in the sediment on the seabed during the day, eating anything that comes too close. It emerges at night to actively seek out prey.

Its diet consists of small fish, crustaceans and other invertebrates

This shark is ovoviviparous, retaining its developing embryos in its oviduct, with a litter of up to twenty young being born.

Little is known of its breeding habits, but the closely related Pacific angelshark (Squatina californica) has a gestation period of about ten months.

The Australian angelshark is listed by the IUCN in its Red List of Threatened Species as being of "Least Concern". This is because the population size is large and appears to be stable. The fish is used for food, being marketed under the name of "monkfish", but is not easily caught by line-fishing or netting because of its habit of lying immersed in the sediment but can be caught by dragging a trawl across the seabed.

It s not considered dangerous to people, but should not be handled. Its bite can cause serious wounds.