Humpback smooth-hound
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| Humpback smooth-hound | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Mustelus |
| Species: | M. whitneyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus whitneyi Chirichigno F., 1973 | |
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The humpback smooth-hound, Mustelus whitneyi, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the tropical southeast Pacific from Peru to southern Chile between latitudes 3° S and 54° S, at depths of between 15 and 210 m. Its length is up to 87 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Mustelus whitneyi" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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