Species of shark
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Triakidae |
Genus: | Mustelus |
Species: | M. schmitti
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Binomial name | |
Mustelus schmitti S. Springer, 1939
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The narrownose smooth-hound (Mustelus schmitti) is a species of houndshark in the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical south-western Atlantic Ocean, from southern Brazil to northern Argentina, between latitudes 30° S and 44° S, at depths between 60 m to 195 m. It can reach a length of 74 centimeters.
Narrownose smooth-hounds feed on crabs and probably other crustaceans, and presumably small fishes. Narrownose smooth-hounds are also caught for human consumption.
The reproduction of this houndshark is ovoviviparous, with 2 to 7 pups per litter, and a birth length of about 26 cm.
References
[edit]- Pollom, R., Barreto, R., Charvet, P., Chiaramonte, G.E., Cuevas, J.M., Herman, K., Montealegre-Quijano, S., Motta, F., Paesch, L. & Rincon, G. (2020). "Mustelus schmitti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T60203A3092243. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Mustelus schmitti" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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