Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Selachimorpha
Ordo: Carcharhiniformes
Familia: Triakidae
Genus: Mustelus
Species: M. albipinnis - M. antarcticus - M. asterias - M. californicus - M. canis - M. dorsalis - M. fasciatus - M. griseus - M. henlei - M. higmani - M. lenticulatus - M. lunulatus - M. manazo - M. mento - M. minicanis - M. mosis - M. mustelus - M. norrisi - M. palumbes - M. punctulatus - M. ravidus - M. schmitti - M. sinusmexicanus - M. stevensi - M. walkeri - M. whitneyi - M. widodoi
Name
Mustelus Linck, 1790
The smooth-hounds are a genus, Mustelus, of sharks in the family Triakidae. The name of the genus comes from the Latin mustela meaning weasel.[2]
A smooth-hound can grow up to 5 ft. 3 in. (159 cm) long and weigh more than 29 lb (13 kg).[3]
Species
* Gummy shark, Mustelus antarcticus Günther, 1870
* Starry smooth-hound, Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1821
* Grey smooth-hound, Mustelus californicus Gill, 1864
* Dusky smooth-hound, Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815)
* Sharptooth smooth-hound, Mustelus dorsalis Gill, 1864
* Striped smooth-hound, Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913)
* Spotless smooth-hound, Mustelus griseus Pietschmann, 1908
* Mustelus hacat Jiménez, Nishizaki & Geniz, 2005
* Brown smooth-hound, Mustelus henlei (Gill, 1863)
* Smalleye smooth-hound, Mustelus higmani Springer & Lowe, 1963
* Spotted estuary smooth-hound, Mustelus lenticulatus Phillipps, 1932
* Sicklefin smooth-hound, Mustelus lunulatus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
* Starspotted smooth-hound, Mustelus manazo Bleeker, 1854
* Speckled smooth-hound, Mustelus mento Cope, 1877
* Mustelus minicanis Heemstra, 1997
* Arabian smooth-hound, Mustelus mosis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899
* Common smooth-hound, Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Narrowfin smooth-hound, Mustelus norrisi Springer, 1939
* Whitespotted smooth-hound, Mustelus palumbes Smith, 1957
* Blackspotted smooth-hound, Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827
* Mustelus ravidus White & Last, 2006
* Narrownose smooth-hound, Mustelus schmitti Springer, 1939
* Gulf smoothhound, Mustelus sinusmexicanus Heemstra, 1997
* Humpback smooth-hound, Mustelus whitneyi Chirichigno F., 1973
* Mustelus widodoi White & Last, 2006
References
1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class.
2. ^ "Mustelus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160226. Retrieved 4 May 2006.
3. ^ Kindersley, Dorling (2001,2005). Animal. New York City: DK Publishing. ISBN 0-7894-7764-5.
