Smooth-hound

Smooth-hound
Smooth-hounds
Temporal range: 56–0 Ma[1]
Early Eocene to Present
Starry smooth-hound, Mustelus asterias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Linck, 1790

The smooth-hounds are a genus, Mustelus, of sharks in the family Triakidae. The name of the genus comes from the Latin mustela meaning weasel.[2]

A smooth-hound can grow up to 5 ft. 3 in. (159 cm) long and weigh more than 29 lb (13 kg).[3]

Species

  • Mustelus albipinnis Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & De La Cruz-Agüero, 2005 (White-margin Fin Houndshark)
  • Mustelus antarcticus Günther, 1870 (Gummy shark)
  • Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821 (Starry smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus californicus Gill, 1864 (Grey smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815) (Dusky smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus dorsalis Gill, 1864 (Sharptooth smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913) (Striped smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus griseus Pietschmann, 1908 (Spotless smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus henlei (Gill, 1863) (Brown smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus higmani V. G. Springer & R. H. Lowe, 1963 (Smalleye smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus lenticulatus Phillipps, 1932 (Spotted estuary smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus lunulatus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Sicklefin smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus manazo Bleeker, 1854 (Starspotted smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus mangalorensis Cubelio, Remya R & Kurup, 2011[4]
  • Mustelus mento Cope, 1877 (Speckled smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus minicanis Heemstra, 1997 (Dwarf Smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus mosis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 (Arabian smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus norrisi S. Springer, 1939 (Narrowfin smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus palumbes J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (Whitespotted smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827 (Blackspotted smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus ravidus W. T. White & Last, 2006 (Australian grey smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus schmitti S. Springer, 1939 (Narrownose smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus sinusmexicanus Heemstra, 1997 (Gulf smoothhound)
  • Mustelus stevensi W. T. White & Last, 2008 (White-spotted gummy shark)
  • Mustelus walkeri W. T. White & Last, 2008 (Eastern spotted gummy shark)
  • Mustelus whitneyi Chirichigno F., 1973 (Humpback smooth-hound)
  • Mustelus widodoi W. T. White & Last, 2006 (White-fin Smooth-hound)

See also

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class. 
  2. ^ "Mustelus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160226. Retrieved 4 May 2006. 
  3. ^ Kindersley, Dorling (2001,2005). Animal. New York City: DK Publishing. ISBN 0-7894-7764-5. 
  4. ^ Cubelio, S.S., Remya R & Kurup, B.M. (2011): A new species of Mustelus (Family: Triakidae) from Indian EEZ. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 40 (1): 28-31.



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