| Sand devil | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squatiniformes |
| Family: | Squatinidae |
| Genus: | Squatina |
| Species: | S. dumeril |
| Binomial name | |
| Squatina dumeril Lesueur, 1818 |
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| Range of the sand devil | |
The sand devil or Atlantic angel shark, Squatina dumeril, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found in the outer continental shelf of the western Atlantic between latitudes 43°N and 9°N. It is found from the surface to depths of 1,400 m, and its maximum length is 1.5 m.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with up to 25 pups in a litter born in the summer.