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GBIF·2418344speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classElasmobranchii
  4. ›orderCarcharhiniformes
  5. ›familyTriakidae
  6. ›genusMustelus
Mustelus fasciatus
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IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Striped Dogfish

Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913)

Also calledCanejo-malhado (por) · Cação-estriado (por) · Cação-listrado (por) · Cação-malhado (por) · Gatuso (spa) · Gatuzo (spa) · Gestreepte toonhaai (nld) · Gestreifter Glatthai (deu) · Recorre-costas (por) · Sebastião (por) · hladkoun pruhovaný (ces) · raitakoirahai (fin) · Полосатая кунья акула (rus) · シマホシザメ (jpn)

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 (820 ft). It can grow up to a length of 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in). The reproduction of this shark is Ovoviviparous, with the length at birth up to 39 cm (15 in).

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418344.