- Striped smooth-hound
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Striped smooth-hound Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Triakidae Genus: Mustelus Species: M. fasciatus Binomial name Mustelus fasciatus
(Garman, 1913)The striped smooth-hound, Mustelus fasciatus, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the subtropical southwest Atlantic from southern Brazil to northern Argentina between latitudes 30° S and 47° S, from the surface to 250 m. Its length is up to 1.5 m.
Reproduction is Ovoviviparous, with length at birth up to 39 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Mustelus fasciatus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks, Collins Gem, HarperCollins, London 2006) ISBN 0-00-721986-5
Categories:- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Triakidae
- Ovoviviparous fish
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