Smalleye smooth-hound

Smalleye smooth-hound
Smalleye smooth-hound
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Species: M. higmani
Binomial name
Mustelus higmani
V. G. Springer & R. H. Lowe, 1963

The smalleye smooth-hound, Mustelus higmani, is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the western Atlantic between latitudes 11° N and 36° S, from the surface to 900 m. Its length is up to 70 cm.

Reproduction is viviparous, with 1 to 7 pups in a litter.

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