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Smooth-Hounds
Mustelus
Mustelus, also known as the smooth-hounds, is a genus of sharks in the family Triakidae. The name of the genus comes from the Latin word mustela, meaning weasel. It should not be confused with the name Mustela, which is used for weasels.
A smooth-hound can grow to 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) long and weigh more than 13 kg (29 lb).
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 27 known species
Dusky Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus canis
Common Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus mustelus
Spotted Estuary Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus lenticulatus
Gummy Shark
speciesMustelus antarcticus
Starry Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus asterias
Brown Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus henlei
Gray Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus californicus
Speckled Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus mento
Narrownose Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus schmitti
Blackspotted Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus punctulatus
Starspotted Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus manazo
Spotless Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus griseus
Arabian Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus mosis
White-margin Fin Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus albipinnis
Whitespotted Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus palumbes
Gulf Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus sinusmexicanus
Smalleye Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus higmani
Sicklefin Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus lunulatus
Western Spotted Gummy Shark
speciesMustelus stevensi
Humpback Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus whitneyi
Whitefin Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus widodoi
Andaman Smoothhound
speciesMustelus andamanensis
Narrowfin Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus norrisi
Sharptooth Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus dorsalis
Striped Smooth-hound
speciesMustelus fasciatus
Grey Gummy Shark
speciesMustelus ravidus
dwarf smooth-hound
speciesMustelus minicanis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49966.