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Arabian smooth-hound

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Arabian smooth-hound
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Species:
M. mosis
Binomial name
Mustelus mosis

The Arabian smooth-hound (Mustelus mosis) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the tropical western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Maldives, India and Sri Lanka, between latitudes 30° N and 7° N, at depths between 20 and 250 m. It can reach a length of 1.5 m.

References

  1. ^ Pollom, R., Jabado, R.W., Bennett, R., Elhassan, I., Fernando, S., Kuguru, B., Leslie, R., Moore, A., Simpfendorfer, C. & Spaet, J. (2019). "Mustelus mosis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. IUCN: e.T161480A139617441.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)