Blackspotted smooth-hound
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| Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827 |
The blackspotted smooth-hound, Mustelus punctulatus, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Atlantic from the Mediterranean to the Western Sahara between latitudes 45° N and 20° N, from the surface to 250 m. Its length is up to 1.5 m.
The blackspotted smooth-hound is an inshore, continental bottom-dwelling shark. Probably a crustacean feeder.
Reproduction is presumed to be viviparous.
[edit] References
- "Mustelus punctulatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
