Mustelus minicanis

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Mustelus minicanis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Species: M. minicanis
Binomial name
Mustelus minicanis
Heemstra, 1997


Mustelus minicanis is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the tropical western central Atlantic from the coast of South America between Cape La Vela, Colombia and Rio Caribe, Venezuela, at depths of between 70 and 180 m. Its length is up to 48 cm.

Reproduction of striped smooth-hounds is Ovoviviparous.

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