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Brown Smoothhound
No image of Brown Smoothhound found in the Shark Database
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| Systematics |
Phylum: Vertebates (Chordata)
Class: Carlilagenous Fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order: Ground sharks (Carcharhiniformes)
Family: Houndsharks (Triakidae)
Genus: Mustelus (Mustelus)
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| Name |
| Scientific: | Mustelus henlei |
| German: | Brauner Glatthai |
| English: | Brown Smoothhound |
| French: | Emissole brune |
| Spanish: | Musola parda |
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| Appearance |
A slender smoothhound shark. Short head with a moderately long snout. First dorsal fin broadly triangular. Moderately large pectoral fins. Large caudal peduncle.
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| Coloration |
Iridescent bronze-brown upper body with white ventral surface. No white spots, or dark spots or dark bars.
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| Distribution |
Cold temperate waters. Eastern Pacific: northern California, Equador to Peru.
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| Biology |
Abundant inshore and offshore. Lives preferably close to bottom, down to a depth of 200 m but has been found at the surface too. Very often in muddy, shallow bays. Solitary or in schools.
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| Feeding |
Crabs, shrimps, polychaete worms and other invertebrates, small fishes.
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| Size |
Small, average size between 50 cm and 70 cm, maximum total length about 95 cm.
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| Reproduction |
Viviparous, with yolksac-placenta. 3 to 9 pups per litter. Size at birth about 20 cm. Males and females reach sexual maturity at a size between 50 cm and 65 cm.
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| Endangerment |
Status in the IUCN
Red List:
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No Entry found in Red List.
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| Danger to Humans |
Harmless.
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