Smalleye smooth-hound
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| Smalleye 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. higmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus higmani S. Springer & R. H. Lowe, 1963 | |
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The smalleye smooth-hound, Mustelus higmani, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the western Atlantic between latitudes 11° N and 36° S, from the surface to 900 m. Its length is up to 70 cm.
Reproduction is viviparous, with 1 to 7 pups in a litter.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Mustelus higmani" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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