- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classElasmobranchii
- ›orderCarcharhiniformes
- ›familyTriakidae
- ›genusMustelus
Arabian smooth-hound
Mustelus mosis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899
Also calledArabische toonhaai (nld) · Arabischer Glatthai (deu) · Cação-árabe (por) · Emissole d'Arabie (fra) · Jarjur (ara) · Musola Arábiga (spa) · Palombo arabo (ita) · pilkkukoirahai (fin) · Émissole d'Arabie (fra) · قرش الكلب (ara) · كلب البحر الأملس العربي (ara) · ปลาฉลามหมาจมูกแข็ง (tha)
First described in: Hemprich, F. G. & Christian G. Ehrenberg. 1899. Symbolae physicae, seu icones adhue ineditae. ex itineribus per Libyam, AEgyptiam, Nubiam, Dongolam, Syriam, Arabiam et Habessiniam publico institutis sumptu. studio annis MDCCCXX - MDCCCXXV redierunt. Zoologica, Berlin.: 1-17.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: Van der Elst (1981) tentatively identified this species as Mustelus canis (non Mitchill), a western North Atlantic species, but Bass et al. (1986) subsequently identified it as M. mosis. Although its range in South African waters is only from about Durban north to Kosi Bay, it appears to have a very large regional range, occurring into the northern Indian Ocean (assuming it is the same species). A detailed revision of the WIO Mustelus is needed to clarify the status of this and other species in the region. Conservation status: NT (2019).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
materials_examined
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6229, SAIAB 7979, SAIAB 9499, SAIAB 10739, SAIAB 19387. South African distribution: KZN from about Durban to the border with Mozambique.
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2418367.