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The gray smooth-hound is a medium-sized spotless shark with a short narrow head. [2] [9] It is morphologically similar to others of its genus with its slender body, long blunt snout, conspicuous sub-ocular ridges, and dorsolateral eyes. [3] The gray smooth-hound is brown to dark-gray dorsally and white ventrally. [2]
The Australian grey smooth-hound or also known as the grey gummy shark (Mustelus ravidus) is a species of houndshark classified under the large family Triakidae. It is one of the twenty-eight species belonging to the genus Mustelus , which are often small in length. [ 1 ]
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 ...
The starry smooth-hound grows to a length of about 140 cm (55 in). It is grey or greyish-brown with a scattering of small white spots on its dorsal (upper) surface and white on its ventral (under) surface. It is a long, lean fish with a somewhat rounded snout and rows of shallowly projecting teeth.
The dusky smooth-hound (Mustelus canis), also called the smooth dogfish or the dog shark, is a species of houndshark in the family Triakidae. [1] This shark is an olive grey or brown in color, and may have shades of yellow or grayish white. Females live to 16 years and males have a lifespan of 10 years.
We know they can grow up to 14 feet in length – comparable in size to “great” white sharks –making them the third-largest predatory shark in the world. However, almost all sighted in Puget ...
Mustelus palumbes J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (white-spotted smooth-hound) Mustelus punctulatus A. Risso, 1827 (black-spotted smooth-hound) Mustelus ravidus W. T. White & Last, 2006 (Australian grey smooth-hound) Mustelus schmitti S. Springer, 1939 (narrow-nose smooth-hound) Mustelus sinusmexicanus Heemstra, 1997 (Gulf smooth-hound)
The furthest west a white shark has been spotted in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers report a great white shark named LeeBeth has made history.