Sand devil length and at least in weight. The sand devil is found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to the Florida Keys, where it is fairly common. It also occurs in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and there are additional unconfirmed records from Cuba, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The southern extent of its range is uncertain due to confusion with the disparate angelshark ("S. heteroptera") and Mexican angelshark ("S. mexicana"). This bottom-dwelling shark is found over sandy or muddy bottoms on the continental shelf and slope. Off the eastern United States, the sand devil has been documented to migrate seasonally.
History of Smooth Island (Tasmania) although a lease could be arranged, ownership of all islands was reserved for the government. A publication from 2011 indicates Smooth Island may have been used to grow vegetables for the Port Arthur penal settlement, which was in operation from 1833 to 1853. However this claim cannot yet be verified. On 19 February 1863 Thomas Reid commissioned the surveyor general, James Erskine Calder, to assess the island. In his survey, Calder determined the island was , lightly timbered, with about suitable for agriculture with little or no clearing. He believed that the remaining portion of the land could be cleared