Blackspotted smooth-hound

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Blackspotted smooth-hound
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Species:
M. punctulatus
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. is a monocotylid monogenean parasite within the nasal tissues, which was described in 2016 from sharks caught off Tunisia.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ 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. open access
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