Smalleye smooth-hound
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Species of shark
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Mustelus |
| Species: | M. higmani
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| Mustelus higmani S. Springer & R. H. Lowe, 1963
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The smalleye smooth-hound (Mustelus higmani) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the western Atlantic, between latitudes 11° N and 36° S, from the surface to a depth of 900 m (3,000 ft). It can grow up to a length of 70 cm (28 in). The reproduction of this shark is viviparous, with one to seven pups per litter.[2]
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- ^ Pollom, R.; Charvet, P.; Avalos, C.; Blanco-Parra, MP, Briones Bell-lloch, A.; Derrick, D.; Espinoza, E.; Faria, V.; Herman, K.; Lasso-Alcalá, O.M.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Morales-Saldaña, J.M.; Naranjo-Elizondo, B.; Navia, A.F.; Pérez Jiménez, J.C. (2020). "Mustelus higmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60204A3092518. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60204A3092518.en. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mustelus higmani". FishBase. July 2006 version.
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