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Striped smooth-hound

Striped smooth-hound
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Triakidae
Genus:	Mustelus
Species:	M. fasciatus
Binomial name
Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913)

The striped smooth-hound (Mustelus fasciatus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the subtropical southwest Atlantic from southern Brazil to northern Argentina between latitudes 30° S and 47° S, from the surface to 250 m. It can grow up to a length of 1.77 m. The reproduction of this shark is Ovoviviparous, with the length at birth up to 39 cm.

References[edit]

• Hozbor, N.; Vooren, C.M. & Lamónaca, A.F. (2004). "Mustelus fasciatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. IUCN: e.T44581A10908329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44581A10908329.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Mustelus fasciatus"inFishBase. July 2006 version.
• Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks, Collins Gem, HarperCollins, London 2006) ISBN 0-00-721986-5
• Lorenz, Racz H. (2010). “New Maximum Length for the Striped Smooth-Hound Mustelus Fasciatus.” Biologica Marina Mediterranea, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 258–259.