Smooth-hound

 ( Extant Ypresian First Appearances ) 

Mustelus, also known as the smooth-hounds, is a genus of sharks in the family Houndshark. The name of the genus comes from the Latin word mustela, meaning weasel. It should not be confused with the name Weasel, which is used for weasels.

A smooth-hound can grow to long and weigh more than .

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Species Currently, 27 recognized species are placed in this genus:

• Mustelus albipinnis Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & De La Cruz-Agüero, 2005 (white-margin fin houndshark)
• Mustelus andamanensis White, Arunrugstichai & Naylorn, 2021 (Andaman smooth-hound)
• Mustelus antarcticus Günther, 1870 (gummy shark)
• Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821 (starry smooth-hound)
• Mustelus californicus Theodore Gill, 1864 (gray smooth-hound)
• Mustelus canis Mitchill, 1815
• M. c. canis Mitchill, 1815 (dusky smooth-hound)
• M. c. insularis Heemstra, 1997 (Caribbean smooth-hound)
• Mustelus dorsalis Theodore Gill, 1864 (sharptooth smooth-hound)
• Mustelus fasciatus Samuel Garman, 1913 (striped smooth-hound)
• Mustelus griseus Pietschmann, 1908 (spotless smooth-hound)
• Mustelus henlei T. N. Gill, 1863 (brown smooth-hound)
• Mustelus higmani Stewart Springer & R. H. Lowe, 1963 (smalleye smooth-hound)
• Mustelus lenticulatus Phillipps, 1932 (spotted estuary smooth-hound)
• Mustelus lunulatus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (sicklefin smooth-hound)
• Mustelus manazo Pieter Bleeker, 1854 (starspotted smooth-hound)
• Mustelus mangalorensis Cubelio, Remya R & Kurup, 2011 (Mangalore houndshark) Cubelio, S.S., Remya R & Kurup, B.M. (2011): A new species of Mustelus (Family: Triakidae) from Indian EEZ. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 40 (1): 28-31.
• Mustelus mento Cope, 1877 (speckled smooth-hound)
• Mustelus minicanis Heemstra, 1997 (dwarf smooth-hound)
• Mustelus mosis Wilhelm Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 (Arabian smooth-hound)
• Mustelus mustelus Carl Linnaeus, 1758 (common smooth-hound)
• Mustelus norrisi Stewart Springer, 1939 (narrowfin smooth-hound)
• Mustelus palumbes J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (whitespotted smooth-hound)
• Mustelus punctulatus Antoine Risso, 1827 (blackspotted smooth-hound)
• Mustelus ravidus W. T. White & Last, 2006 (Australian grey smooth-hound)
• Mustelus schmitti Stewart Springer, 1939 (narrownose smooth-hound)
• Mustelus sinusmexicanus Heemstra, 1997 (Gulf smooth-hound)
• Mustelus stevensi W. T. White & Last, 2008 (western spotted gummy shark)
• Mustelus whitneyi Chirichigno F., 1973 (humpback smooth-hound)
• Mustelus widodoi W. T. White & Last, 2006 (white-fin smooth-hound)
• Mustelus sp. not yet described (Sarawak smooth-hound)
• Mustelus sp. not yet described (Kermadec smooth-hound)

Synonyms

• Mustelus walkeri W. T. White & Last, 2008 (eastern spotted gummy shark) - now seen as a synonym of M. antarcticus

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See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

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