White-margin fin smooth-hound

White-margin fin smooth-hound
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Species: M. albipinnis
Binomial name
Mustelus albipinnis
Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & De La Cruz-Agüero, 2005
Synonyms

Mustelus hacat Jiménez, Nishizaki & Geniz, 2005

The white-margin fin smooth-hound (Mustelus albipinnis) is a smooth-hound from the Gulf of California, off the coast of Mexico. The white-margin fin smooth-hound shark is slender, dark grey-brown in color, and grows up to 1.2 m (4 ft) long.

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