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FishverifiedNear Threatened

Mustelus canis

(Mitchill, 1815)

Smooth Dogfish

Also known as: Houndshark, Smoothhound, Atlantic Smooth Dogfish, Dogfish, Dusky Smooth Hound

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About
Habitat

Demersal

Depth

0–800 m

Max size

1.5 m

Max weight

12.15 kg

Diet

Hunting macrofauna (predator)

Taxonomy
Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Carcharhiniformes

Family

Triakidae

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Brown Smoothhound (Mustelus henlei)

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Smooth Hound (Mustelus mustelus)

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Houndshark (Mustelus stevensi)

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Tope Shark (Galeorhinus galeus)

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Starry Smooth Hound (Mustelus asterias)

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Starry Smooth Hound

Blacktip Hound Shark (Hypogaleus hyugaensis)

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Blacktip Hound Shark

Japanese Topeshark (Hemitriakis japanica)

Hemitriakis japanica

Japanese Topeshark

Gray Smoothhound (Mustelus californicus)

Mustelus californicus

Gray Smoothhound