Narrowfin smooth-hound
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| Narrowfin smooth-hound | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Mustelus |
| Species: | M. norrisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus norrisi S. Springer, 1939 |
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The narrowfin smooth-hound (also called Florida smooth-hound) , Mustelus norrisi, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the subtropical western Atlantic from Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela, and also southern Brazil, between latitudes 32° N and 36° S, from the surface to 100 m. Its length is up to 1.1 m.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Mustelus norrisi" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
