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common smooth-hound
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species of shark (Mustelus mustelus)
In the Vinony graph
Vinony catalogs common smooth-hound in its Endangered Species collection (17,243 entries).
Within Vinony's link graph, common smooth-hound is referenced by 269 other articles, and connects out to Glyphis gangeticus, gulper shark and Velvet dogfish.
Vinony files it under Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Fish described in 1758 and Fish of the Mediterranean Sea.
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Endangeredsmooth hound
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderCarcharhiniformes
- FamilyTriakidae
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- Commons category
- Mustelus mustelus
- taxon name
- Mustelus mustelus
- taxon common name
- navadni morski pes
- longest observed lifespan
- 24
- short name
- M. mustelus
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Encyclopedic overview
The common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to South Africa, and in the Mediterranean Sea, Madeira, and the Canary Islands at depths ranging from 5 to 625 m (although they usually stay at depths of 5–50m). While they can grow to 200 cm, their usual maximum size is 150 cm. They commonly grow to 100–120 cm with a birth length around 35 cm. The reproduction of commons smooth-hounds is viviparous.
Morphology and behavior
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “common smooth-hound” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.