Brown smooth-hound

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Brown smooth-hound
Mustelus henlei SI4.jpg
Mustelus henlei SI3.jpg
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Species:
M. henlei
Binomial name
Mustelus henlei
(Gill, 1863)
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Synonyms
  • Rhinotriacis henlei Gill, 1863

The brown smooth-hound (Mustelus henlei) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Pacific, from northern California to the Gulf of California, as well as Ecuador and Peru between latitudes 43° N and 18° S, from the surface to a depth of 200 m. It can grow up to a length of 1 m. The reproduction of this shark is viviparous.[2]

  • Mustelus henlei head SI.jpg
  • Mustelus henlei head SI2.jpg

  • Jaws

  • Upper teeth

  • Lower teeth

References[]

  1. ^ Pérez-Jiménez, J., Carlisle, A.B., Chabot, C.L., Vásquez, V.E. & Ebert, D.A. (2016). Mustelus henlei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T161648A80672263.en
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Mustelus henlei" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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