| Starspotted smooth-hound | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Mustelus |
| Species: | M. manazo |
| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus manazo Bleeker, 1854 |
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The starspotted smooth-hound, Mustelus manazo, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 45° N and 10° S, from the surface to 360 m.
Reproduction is Ovoviviparous.
In some parts of Japan, people eat it with vinegar and mustard sauce.