The whitespotted smooth-hound (Mustelus palumbes) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the southeast Atlantic from Namibia around South Africa, between latitudes 17° S and 36° S, from the surface to a depth of 440 m. It can reach a length of 1.2 m. The reproduction of this houndshark is ovoviviparous.
| Whitespotted smooth-hound | |
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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. palumbes
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| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus palumbes J. L. B. Smith, 1957
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References
edit- ^ Pollom, R.; Da Silva, C.; Fernando, S.; Leslie, R.; McCord, M.E.; Winker, H. (2020). "Mustelus palumbes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60247A124455981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60247A124455981.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mustelus palumbes". FishBase. July 2006 version.