Spotless smooth-hound

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Spotless smooth-hound
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Species: M. griseus
Binomial name
Mustelus griseus
Pietschmann, 1908


The spotless smooth-hound, Mustelus griseus, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the tropical northwest Pacific from Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, and Viet Nam between latitudes 40° N and 11° N, from the surface to 300 m. Its length is up to 1 m.

The spotless smooth-hound is an inshore bottom-dwelling shark which also dwells in semi-enclosed sea areas with sand bottom. It probably feeds on benthic invertebrates, especially crustaceans.

Reproduction is viviparous.

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