Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By March 1818
Primary Source Reference:
C. A. Le Sueur, "Descriptions of Several New Species of North American Fishes," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 1, part 2 (1818): 222-235 (described on pp. 225-226) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24680482
Additional Source Text:
"Read March 3, 1818"
P. 226 reads: "The drawing was made from one which Mr. Titian Peale kindly put in my hands for examination, before preparing [the specimen] for the museum."
Notes:
The sand devil or Atlantic angel shark (Squatina dumeril) is a species of angelshark, family Squatinidae, native to the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Current Common Name:
Sand devil or Atlantic angel shark
Current Scientific Name
Squatina dumeril
