Whitespotted smooth-hound
The whitespotted smooth-hound (Mustelus palumbes) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is 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 a depth of 440 m. It can reach a length of 1.2 m. The reproduction of this houndshark is Ovoviviparous.
| Whitespotted smooth-hound | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Mustelus |
| Species: | M. palumbes |
| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus palumbes J. L. B. Smith, 1957 | |
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References
- Smale, M.J. (2006). "Mustelus palumbes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2006: e.T60247A12333813. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60247A12333813.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Mustelus palumbes" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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