Spotted houndshark

Taxobox
name = Spotted houndshark
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend =


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Triakidae
genus = "Triakis"
species = "T. maculata"
binomial = "Triakis maculata"
binomial_authority = Kner & Steindachner, 1867

The spotted houndshark, "Triakis maculata", is a hound shark of the family Triakidae found on the continental shelves in the eastern Pacific from the Galapagos Islands and Peru to northern Chile, between latitudes 0° S and 30° S. Its length is up to 1.8 m.

The spotted houndshark probably feeds on benthic invertebrates. It is utilized for human consumption.

Reproduction is ovoviviparous, with about 14 pups to a litter, and size at birth 30 to 40 cm.

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