Arabian smooth-hound
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Species of shark
Arabian smooth-hound | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Triakidae |
Genus: | Mustelus |
Species: | M. mosis
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Binomial name | |
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 latitudes 30 and 7°N, at depths between 20 and 250 m. It can reach a length of 1.5 m.
References
- ^ Pollom, R.; Jabado, R.W.; Bennett, R.; Elhassan, I.; Fernando, S.; Kuguru, B.; Leslie, R.; Moore, A.; Simpfendorfer, C.; Spaet, J. (2019). "Mustelus mosis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T161480A139617441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T161480A139617441.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Mustelus mosis" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Mustelus
- Marine fauna of West Asia
- Marine fauna of South Asia
- Fish described in 1899
- Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Hemprich