Sharptooth smooth-hound

Sharptooth smooth-hound
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Triakidae
Genus:	Mustelus
Species:	M. dorsalis
Binomial name
	Mustelus dorsalis; Gill, 1864

The sharptooth smooth-hound (Mustelus dorsalis) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the tropical eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to Peru between latitudes 20°N and 5°S. Its length is up to 64 cm (25 in).

The sharptooth smooth-hound dwells on the bottom, feeding on crustaceans, particularly shrimp. Reproduction is viviparous, with four pups per litter, and length at birth about 21 cm (8.3 in).

References

^ Kyne, P.M.; Charvet, P.; Areano, E.M.; Cevallos, A.; Espinoza, M.; González, A.; Herman, K.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Morales-Saldaña, J.M.; Navia, A.F. (2020). "Mustelus dorsalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44580A124433729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44580A124433729.en. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mustelus dorsalis". FishBase. July 2006 version.

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[1] Kyne, P.M.; Charvet, P.; Areano, E.M.; Cevallos, A.; Espinoza, M.; González, A.; Herman, K.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Morales-Saldaña, J.M.; Navia, A.F. (2020). "Mustelus dorsalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44580A124433729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44580A124433729.en. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

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