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.
Macquarie Harbour Penal Station - Being an account of twelve voyages to Macquarie Harbour and Sarah Island" furthers understanding of the history and the recent archaeological work on the island. The films "The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce" and "Van Diemen's Land" deal with one of the more notorious escapees. 3 September 1830 five men ran away from the settlement, Richard Hutchinson, William Coventry, Patrick Fagan, Mathew Macavoy, and Broughton, and that they were upwards of thirty days before the two 'survivors' surrendered themselves at Macguire's Marsh near Osterley. Macquarie Harbour Penal Station The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, a former British colonial penal settlement,