Striped smooth-hound
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| Species: | M. fasciatus
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| Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913)
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The striped smooth-hound (Mustelus fasciatus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the subtropical southwest Atlantic from southern Brazil to northern Argentina between latitudes 30° S and 47° S, from the surface to 250 m. It can grow up to a length of 1.5 m. The reproduction of this shark is Ovoviviparous, with the length at birth up to 39 cm.
References
- Template:IUCN
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mustelus fasciatus". FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks, Collins Gem, HarperCollins, London 2006) ISBN 0-00-721986-5