Hound sharks

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Hound sharks
Leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Triakidae Gray, 1851
Genera
See text

Hound sharks are a family, Triakidae, of ground sharks, consisting of about 40 species in 9 genera. In some classifications, the family is split in two, with Mustelus, Scylliogaleus, and Triakis in Triakidae, and the remaining genera in Galeorhinidae.

Hound sharks are small sharks with two large spineless dorsal fins and an anal fin. They are found throughout the world in warm and temperate waters, where they feed on fishes and invertebrates on the seabed and in midwater.

[edit] Genera

• Furgaleus
• Galeorhinus
• Gogolia
• Hemitriakis
• Hypogaleus
• Iago
• Mustelus
• Scylliogaleus
• Triakis

[edit] Cladogram

• Triakidae
  • Triakinae
    • Scylliogaleini
      • Scylliogaleus
    • Triakini
      • Mustelus
      • Triakis
        • Subgenus Triakis
        • Subgenus Cazon (may be a genus)
  • Galeorhininae
    • Galeorhinini
      • Galeorhinus
      • Hypogaleus
    • Iagini
      • Gogolia
      • Hemitriakis
      • Iago

[edit] References

• "Triakidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. November 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
• Cladogram reference