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

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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

References

  1. Pollom, R., Da Silva, C., Fernando, S., Leslie, R., McCord, M.E. & Winker, H (2020). "Mustelus palumbes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60247A124455981. Retrieved 17 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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