Blackspotted 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. punctulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus punctulatus A. Risso, 1827
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The blackspotted smooth-hound (Mustelus punctulatus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Atlantic from the Mediterranean to the Western Sahara, between latitudes 45 and 20°N, from the surface to a depth of 250 m. It can reach of a length of 1.5 m.
Parasites
As other sharks, the blackspotted smooth-hound harbours a number of parasites. Triloculotrema euzeti is a monocotylid monogenean parasite within the nasal tissues, which was described in 2016 from sharks caught off Tunisia.[1]
References
- ^ Boudaya, Lobna; Neifar, Lassad (2016). "Triloculotrema euzeti n. sp. (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissues of the blackspotted smooth-hound Mustelus punctulatus (Carcharhiniformes, Triakidae) from off Tunisia". Parasite. 23: 62. doi:10.1051/parasite/2016072. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 5188901. PMID 28008824.
- Serena, F.; Mancusi, C.; Haka, F.; Morey, G.; Schembri, T. (2009). "Mustelus punctulatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T161485A5434647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161485A5434647.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Mustelus punctulatus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.