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Flies hang around shark (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angelfish

'shark' is the definition.
(angelfish is a kind of shark)

'flies hang around' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates anagramming the letters.
'flies'+'hang'='flieshang'
'flieshang' anagrammed gives 'ANGELFISH'.

(Other definitions for angelfish that I've seen before include "shark" , "Brightly-coloured swimmer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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