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Triakidae

10 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Elasmobranchii › Carcharhiniformes › Triakidae

Mustelus canis, the dusky smooth-hound, is a Triakidae houndshark found in the western Atlantic with specific life history traits.

Mustelus mustelus, the common smooth-hound, is a shark often misidentified that aggregates in large groups.

Mustelus antarcticus, the gummy shark, is a small to medium bottom-dwelling ground shark found mainly in southern Australian waters.

Mustelus asterias, the starry smooth-hound, is a small spotted houndshark found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

The gray smooth-hound (Mustelus californicus) is a medium-sized shark found along the Pacific coast of North America.

Mustelus henlei, the brown smooth-hound, is a small viviparous houndshark endemic to the eastern Pacific nearshore.

Mustelus lenticulatus is a New Zealand houndshark, commercially fished for sale as lemonfish in local fish and chip shops.

Triakis semifasciata, the leopard shark, is a Pacific shark species with distinctive black markings, found from Oregon to Mexico.

Triakis megalopterus, the sharptooth houndshark, is a bottom-dwelling shark found in southern African coastal waters.

Galeorhinus galeus, the school shark, is a widely distributed heavily exploited shark used in multiple cuisines and fisheries.

Related Families

Carcharhinidae 24 species Scyliorhinidae 11 species Sphyrnidae 4 species

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