Spotted houndshark
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| Spotted houndshark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Triakis |
| Species: | T. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Triakis maculata Kner & Steindachner, 1867 | |
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The spotted houndshark, Triakis maculata, is a hound shark of the family Triakidae found on the continental shelves in the eastern Pacific from the Galapagos Islands and Peru to northern Chile, between latitudes 0° and 30° S. Its length is up to 1.8 m.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with about 14 pups to a litter, and size at birth 30 to 40 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Triakis maculata" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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