Whitespotted smooth-hound
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Whitespotted 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. palumbes |
Binomial name | |
Mustelus palumbes J. L. B. Smith, 1957 | |
The whitespotted smooth-hound, Mustelus palumbes, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the southeast Atlantic from Namibia around South Africa between latitudes 17° S and 36° S, from the surface to 440 m. Its length is up to 1.2 m.
Reproduction is Ovoviviparous.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Mustelus palumbes" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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