- Whitespotted smooth-hound
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Whitespotted smooth-hound 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, 1957The 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 Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Mustelus palumbes" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
Categories:- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Triakidae
- Ovoviviparous fish
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