Dwarf smooth-hound
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Species of shark
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Mustelus |
| Species: | M. minicanis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus minicanis Heemstra, 1997
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The dwarf smooth-hound (Mustelus minicanis) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the tropical western central Atlantic, off the coast of South America between Cabo de la Vela, Colombia and Rio Caribe, Venezuela, at depths between 70 and 180 m (230 and 590 ft). It can grow up to a length of 48 cm (19 in). The reproduction of dwarf smooth-hounds is ovoviviparous.
References
[edit]- ^ Pollom, R.; Lasso-Alcalá, O.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Navia, A.F.; Herman, K. (2020). "Mustelus minicanis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60205A124452001. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60205A124452001.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mustelus minicanis". FishBase. July 2006 version.
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