Striped 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. fasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913)
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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).
References
[edit]- ^ Pollom, R.; Barreto, R.; Charvet, P.; Chiaramonte, G.E.; Cuevas, J.M.; Herman, K.; Montealegre-Quijano, S.; Motta, F.; Paesch, L.; Rincon, G. (2020). "Mustelus fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44581A2995765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44581A2995765.en. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mustelus fasciatus". FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks, Collins Gem, HarperCollins, London 2006) ISBN 0-00-721986-5
- Lorenz, Racz H. (2010). “New Maximum Length for the Striped Smooth-Hound Mustelus Fasciatus.” Biologica Marina Mediterranea, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 258–259.
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