Smooth-hound
Overview
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Triakidae. The name of the genus comes from the Latin
Latin
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mustela meaning weasel
Weasel
Weasels are mammals forming the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae family. They are small, active predators, long and slender with short legs....
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A smooth-hound can grow up to 5 ft. 3 in. (159 cm) long and weigh more than 29 lb (13 kg).
- Mustelus albipinnis Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & De La Cruz-Agüero, 2005 (White-margin Fin Houndshark)
- Mustelus antarcticus Günther, 1870 (Gummy shark)
- Mustelus asterias CloquetHippolyte CloquetHippolyte Cloquet was a French physician and anatomist who was a native of Paris. He was the brother of surgeon Jules Germain Cloquet , and father to Ernest Cloquet , who was a personal physician to Mohammad Shah Qajar of Persia.He studied medicine in Paris, where he earned his doctorate in 1815...
, 1821 (Starry smooth-hound) - Mustelus californicus GillTheodore GillTheodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J...
, 1864 (Grey smooth-hound) - Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815) (Dusky smooth-hound)
- Mustelus dorsalis GillTheodore GillTheodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J...
, 1864 (Sharptooth smooth-hound) - Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913) (Striped smooth-hound)
- Mustelus griseus PietschmannViktor PietschmannViktor Pietschmann was an Austrian ichthyologist at the Vienna Museum of Natural History. He was the curator of the fish collection from 1919 to 1946. During his life, he made collecting to trips to the Barents Sea, Greenland, Mesopotamia, Armenia, Hawaii, Romania, and Poland. He described many...
, 1908 (Spotless smooth-hound) - Mustelus henlei (GillTheodore GillTheodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J...
, 1863) (Brown smooth-hound) - Mustelus higmani V.
