Blackspotted smooth-hound
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, from the surface to a depth of 250 m. It can reach of a length of 1.5 m.
| Blackspotted smooth-hound | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Triakidae |
| Genus: | Mustelus |
| Species: | M. punctulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Mustelus punctulatus A. Risso, 1827 | |
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Parasites
As other sharks, the blackspotted smooth-hound harbours a number of parasites. Triloculotrema euzeti is a monocotylid monogenean parasite within the nasal tissues, which was described in 2016 from sharks caught off Tunisia.[1]
References
- Boudaya, Lobna; Neifar, Lassad (2016). "Triloculotrema euzeti n. sp. (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissues of the blackspotted smooth-hound Mustelus punctulatus (Carcharhiniformes, Triakidae) from off Tunisia". Parasite. 23: 62. doi:10.1051/parasite/2016072. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 5188901. PMID 28008824.
- Serena, F.; Mancusi, C.; Haka, F.; Morey, G. & Schembri, T. (2009). "Mustelus punctulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T161485A5434647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161485A5434647.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Mustelus punctulatus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
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