Sharptooth smooth-hound

Sharptooth smooth-hound
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[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

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.

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