''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 slend ...

. It should not be confused with the genus name ''Mustela'', which is used for weasels. A smooth-hound can grow to long and weigh more than .

Species

Currently, 27 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 Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country ...

'' 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 species of ground shark in the genus ''Mustelus'' of the family Triakidae. These small to medium-sized bottom-d ...

'' 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 and 16° N, from the surface to a depth of . Description The sta ...

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

Mustelus californicus The gray smooth-hound (also spelled as smoothhound) (''Mustelus californicus'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is spotless and smooth with a narrow head and long blunted snout.Miller, D. J., & Lea, R. N. (1972). Guide to the coastal m ...

'' 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. Fema ...

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

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

'' 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'' T. N. Gill, 1863 (brown smooth-hound) * '' Mustelus higmani'' S. Springer & R. H. Lowe, 1963 (smalleye smooth-hound) * '' Mustelus lenticulatus''

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, 1932 (spotted estuary smooth-hound) * '' Mustelus lunulatus''

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

Mustelus manazo The starspotted smooth-hound (''Mustelus manazo'') is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is a medium-sized shark with irregular white spots across its body. It is found in Northwestern Pacific as well as Kenyan water. This shark mainly inhab ...

'' Bleeker, 1854 (starspotted smooth-hound) * '' Mustelus mangalorensis'' Cubelio, Remya R &

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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''

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, 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 (biology), 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 Sr ...

'' Hemprich & 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 ...

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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 Venezu ...

'' 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'' W. T. White &

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

Mustelus schmitti The narrownose smooth-hound (''Mustelus schmitti'') is a species of houndshark in the family Triakidae. Description With similar morphology amongst 30 other species in the genus, it can be difficult to distinguish ''Mustelus schmitti'' from o ...

'' 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 Thi ...

'' Heemstra, 1997 (Gulf smooth-hound) * '' Mustelus stevensi'' W. T. White &

, 2008 (western spotted gummy shark) * ''

Mustelus whitneyi The humpback smooth-hound (''Mustelus whitneyi'') is a species of houndshark and a part of the family Triakidae. The most noticeable difference between ''Mustelus whitneyi'' and its relatives, is the slight curvature, causing a "humpback" appeara ...

'' 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 Earth' ...

'' 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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