Gulf smoothhound

Gulf smoothhound
Gulf smooth-hound
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Species: M. sinusmexicanus
Binomial name
Mustelus sinusmexicanus
Heemstra, 1997

The gulf smooth-hound, Mustelus sinusmexicanus, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the tropical western central Atlantic, at depths of between 20 and 250 m. Its length is up to 83 cm.

Reproduction is Ovoviviparous.

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