Sharptooth smooth-hound

Sharptooth smooth-hound
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
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.

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.

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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2020: e.T44580A124433729. Retrieved 19 January 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Mustelus dorsalis" in FishBase. July 2006 version.

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