''Mustelus'', also known as the smooth-hounds, is a
genus
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of sharks in the
family
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Triakidae. The name of the genus comes from the
Latin
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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''
Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & De La Cruz-Agüero, 2005 (white-margin fin houndshark)
* ''
Mustelus andamanensis''
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
, Arunrugstichai & Naylorn, 2021 (Andaman smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus antarcticus''
Günther, 1870 (gummy shark)
* ''
Mustelus asterias''
Cloquet, 1821 (starry smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus californicus''
T. N. Gill, 1864 (gray smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus canis''
Mitchill, 1815
** ''
M. c. canis''
Mitchill, 1815 (dusky smooth-hound)
** ''
M. c. insularis''
Heemstra, 1997 (Caribbean smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus dorsalis''
T. N. Gill, 1864 (sharptooth smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus fasciatus''
Garman, 1913 (striped smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus griseus''
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''
Phillipps, 1932 (spotted estuary smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus lunulatus''
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (sicklefin smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus manazo''
Bleeker, 1854 (starspotted smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus mangalorensis''
Cubelio, Remya R & Kurup, 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
A cope ( ("rain coat") or ("cape")) is a liturgical long mantle or cloak, open at the front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.
A cope may be worn by any rank of the Catholic or Anglican clerg ...
, 1877 (speckled smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus minicanis''
Heemstra, 1997 (dwarf smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus mosis''
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899 (Arabian smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus mustelus''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
(common smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus norrisi''
S. Springer, 1939 (narrowfin smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus palumbes''
J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (whitespotted smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus punctulatus''
A. Risso, 1827 (blackspotted smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus ravidus''
W. T. White & Last
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, 2006 (Australian grey smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus schmitti''
S. Springer, 1939 (narrownose smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus sinusmexicanus''
Heemstra, 1997 (Gulf smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus stevensi''
W. T. White & Last
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, 2008 (western spotted gummy shark)
* ''
Mustelus whitneyi''
Chirichigno F., 1973 (humpback smooth-hound)
* ''
Mustelus widodoi''
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''
See also
*
List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes ''and'' are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely v ...
References
Extant Ypresian first appearances
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