Striped smooth-hound

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. It can grow up to a length of 1.77 m. The reproduction of this shark is Ovoviviparous, with the length at birth up to 39 cm.

Striped smooth-hound
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Species:
M. fasciatus
Binomial name
Mustelus fasciatus
(Garman, 1913)

References
  • Hozbor, N.; Vooren, C.M. & Lamónaca, A.F. (2004). "Mustelus fasciatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T44581A10908329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44581A10908329.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Mustelus fasciatus" in 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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