Striped smooth-hound
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Species of shark
| Striped smooth-hound | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Mustelus |
| Species: | M. fasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus fasciatus (Garman,1913)
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Thestriped smooth-hound(Mustelus fasciatus) is ahoundsharkof thefamilyTriakidae,found on thecontinental shelvesof thesubtropicalsouthwestAtlanticfrom southernBrazilto northernArgentinabetweenlatitudes30° Sand47° S,from the surface to 250 m. It can grow up to a length of 1.77 m. The reproduction of this shark isOvoviviparous,with the length at birth up to 39 cm.
References
[edit]- Hozbor, N.; Vooren, C.M. & Lamónaca, A.F. (2004)."Mustelus fasciatus".The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2004.IUCN:e.T44581A10908329.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44581A10908329.en.Retrieved15 January2018.
- Froese, Rainer;Pauly, Daniel (eds.)."Mustelus fasciatus".FishBase.July 2006 version.
- Compagno,Dando, & Fowler,Sharks,Collins Gem, HarperCollins, London 2006)ISBN0-00-721986-5
- Lorenz, Racz H. (2010). “New Maximum Length for the Striped Smooth-Hound Mustelus Fasciatus.” Biologica Marina Mediterranea, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 258–259.