''Mustelus'', also known as the smooth-hounds, is a

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of sharks in the

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Triakidae. The name of the genus comes from the

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word ''mustela'', meaning

weasel Weasels are mammals of the genus ''Mustela'' of the family Mustelidae. The genus ''Mustela'' includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bo ...

. It should not be confused with the genus name ''Mustela'', which is used for weasels. A smooth-hound can grow to 159 cm (5 ft. 3 in.) long and weigh more than 13 kg (29 lb).

Species

Currently, 28 recognized species are placed in this genus: * ''

Mustelus albipinnis The white-margin fin smooth-hound (''Mustelus albipinnis'') is a smooth-hound from the Gulf of California, off the coast of Mexico. The white-margin fin smooth-hound shark is slender, dark grey-brown in color, and grows up to 1.2 m (4 f ...

'' Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & De La Cruz-Agüero, 2005 (white-margin fin houndshark) * '' Mustelus andamanensis''

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, Arunrugstichai & Naylorn, 2021 (Andaman smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus antarcticus The gummy shark (''Mustelus antarcticus''), also known as the Australian smooth hound, flake, sweet william or smooth dog-shark, is a shark in the family Triakidae. These small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling sharks are found mostly in, but are ...

'' Günther, 1870 (gummy shark) * ''

Mustelus asterias The starry smooth-hound (''Mustelus asterias'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the northeast Atlantic, between latitudes 61° N and 16° N, from the surface to a depth of . It can grow up to ...

'' Cloquet, 1821 (starry smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus californicus The gray smooth-hound (''Mustelus californicus'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Pacific, from northern California to the Gulf of California, between latitude In ge ...

'' T. N. Gill, 1864 (gray smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus canis The dusky smooth-hound (''Mustelus canis''), also called the smooth dogfish or the dog shark, is a species of houndshark in the family Triakidae. This shark is an olive grey or brown in color, and may have shades of yellow or grayish white. Femal ...

'' Mitchill, 1815 ** '' M. c. canis'' Mitchill, 1815 (dusky smooth-hound) ** '' M. c. insularis'' Heemstra, 1997 (Caribbean smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus dorsalis The sharptooth smooth-hound (''Mustelus dorsalis'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the tropical eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to Peru between latitudes 20°N and 5°S. Its length is up ...

'' T. N. Gill, 1864 (sharptooth smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus fasciatus 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, ...

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, 1913 (striped smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus griseus The spotless smooth-hound (''Mustelus griseus'') is a species of houndshark, in the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the northwest Pacific, between latitudes 40° N and 11° N, from the surface to a depth of 300 m. It can ...

'' Pietschmann, 1908 (spotless smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus henlei The brown smooth-hound (''Mustelus henlei'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Pacific, from northern California to the Gulf of California, as well as Ecuador and Peru betw ...

'' T. N. Gill, 1863 (brown smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus higmani The smalleye smooth-hound (''Mustelus higmani'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the western Atlantic, between latitudes 11° N and 36° S, from the surface to a depth of 900 m. It can grow up ...

'' S. Springer & R. H. Lowe, 1963 (smalleye smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus lenticulatus The spotted estuary smooth-hound or rig (''Mustelus lenticulatus'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves and in estuaries around New Zealand. It is closely related to the gummy shark (''Mustelus antarcticus' ...

'' Phillipps, 1932 (spotted estuary smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus lunulatus The sicklefin smooth-hound (''Mustelus lunulatus'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. Even some species look similar to Carcharhinus family, mustelus second dorsal fin is much bigger. It is found on the continental shelves of the easter ...

'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (sicklefin smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus manazo The starspotted smooth-hound (''Mustelus manazo'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in east Asia and in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 45° N and 10° S, from the surface to a depth of 360 m. The reproduction of ...

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Mustelus mangalorensis ''Mustelus mangalorensis'' also known as the Mangalore houndshark is a species of houndshark in the family Houndshark, Triakidae, found in the Gulf of Aden near southwest India and the Indian Ocean.Cubelio, S.S., Remya R & Kurup, B.M. (2011): A ne ...

'' Cubelio,

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, 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 The Arabian smooth-hound (''Mustelus mosis'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the tropical western Indian Ocean, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Maldives, India and Sri Lanka, between ...

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& Ehrenberg, 1899 (Arabian smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus mustelus 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 r ...

'' Linnaeus,

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(common smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus norrisi The narrowfin smooth-hound or Florida smooth-hound (''Mustelus norrisi'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical western Atlantic, from Florida and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Venezue ...

'' S. Springer, 1939 (narrowfin smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus palumbes The whitespotted smooth-hound (''Mustelus palumbes'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the southeast Atlantic from Namibia around South Africa, between latitudes 17° S and 36° S, from the sur ...

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, 1957 (whitespotted smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus punctulatus The blackspotted smooth-hound (''Mustelus punctulatus'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Atlantic from the Mediterranean to the Western Sahara, between latitudes 45 and 20°N, ...

'' A. Risso, 1827 (blackspotted smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus ravidus The Australian grey smooth-hound or also known as the grey gummy shark (Latin ''Mustelus ravidus'', meaning ‘greyish weasel’) is a species of houndshark classified under the large family ''Triakidae''. It is one of the twenty-eight speci ...

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, 2006 (Australian grey smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus schmitti The narrownose smooth-hound (''Mustelus schmitti'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the subtropical southwest Atlantic, from southern Brazil to northern Argentina, between latitudes 30° S and ...

'' S. Springer, 1939 (narrownose smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus sinusmexicanus The Gulf smooth-hound (''Mustelus sinusmexicanus'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves of the tropical western central Atlantic. The reproduction of this houndshark is placental viviparous. Description This ...

'' Heemstra, 1997 (Gulf smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus stevensi The western spotted gummy shark (''Mustelus stevensi'') is a species of houndshark in the family Triakidae, found in Australian waters. This new species of gummy shark The gummy shark (''Mustelus antarcticus''), also known as the Australian ...

, 2008 (western spotted gummy shark) * ''

Mustelus walkeri The eastern spotted gummy shark (''Mustelus walkeri'') is a species of houndshark in the family Triakidae, found in Australian waters. It is a relatively large species. Description The eastern spotted gummy shark has tall dorsal fins, with i ...

'' W. T. White & Last, 2008 (eastern spotted gummy shark) - now seen as a synonym of ''M. antarcticus'' * ''

Mustelus whitneyi The humpback smooth-hound (''Mustelus whitneyi'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the tropical southeast Pacific, from Peru to southern Chile, between latitudes 3° S and 54° S, at depths betw ...

'' Chirichigno F., 1973 (humpback smooth-hound) * ''

Mustelus widodoi The white-fin smooth-hound (''Mustelus widodoi'') is a species of tropical houndshark, and part of the family Triakidae, found in the Bali and Indonesia areas of the Western Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Eart ...

'' 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)

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