Mustelus mustelus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 57

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4614767

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scientific name

Mustelus mustelus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Mustelus mustelus ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL View at ENA

Smooth Houndshark

Squalus mustelus Linnaeus, 1758: 235 View in CoL View Cited Treatment . No known types. Type locality: Mediterranean Sea and Northeastern Atlantic [original: “in Oceano Europe”].

Local synonymy: Mustelus laevis: Gilchrist, 1902: 163 View in CoL (in part, including Triakis megalopterus View in CoL ); Thompson, 1914: 142 (in part, including Triakis megalopterus View in CoL ); Barnard, 1925: 29 (in part, including Triakis megalopterus View in CoL ). Mustelus manazo: Smith, 1949a: 45 View in CoL (in part?); Smith, 1957c: 357 (in part?); Smith, 1965: 45 (in part?). Mustelus punctulatus: Smith, 1949a: 45 View in CoL (in part). Mustelus canis: Fowler, 1936: 61 View in CoL (in part); Fowler, 1941: 204 (in part); Smith, 1949a: 46 (in part); Smith, 1965: 46 (in part). Mustelus mustelus: Smith, 1949a: 46 View in CoL (in part); Compagno, 1984b: 419, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 82, fig. 9.27; Compagno, 1988a: 223; Compagno et al., 1989: 58, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 85; Compagno, 1999: 119; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 64; Compagno et al., 2005: 275, fig., pl. 46; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 422, fig., pl. 56; Mann, 2013: 289; NPOA, 2013: 44; da Silva et al., 2015: 248; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145; Compagno, 2016: 1279; Weigmann, 2016: 885.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 2741, SAIAB 2884, SAIAB 6198, SAIAB 6259, SAIAB 6261, SAIAB 6262, SAIAB 7848, SAIAB 10609, SAIAB 10725, SAIAB 11929, SAIAB 12146, SAIAB 12330, SAIAB 12352, SAIAB 19393, SAIAB 19790, SAIAB 26445, SAIAB 30333, SAIAB 38495, SAIAB 46917, SAIAB 46918, SAIAB 46919, SAIAB 48503, SAIAB 48577, SAIAB 51204, SAIAB 56971, SAIAB 98651, SAIAB 200110, SAIAB 200627, SAIAB 202975.

South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to KZN.

Remarks: A very common coastal houndshark, it has a very wide range, occurring from South Africa to European Atlantic waters and into the Mediterranean Sea. Recent molecular research has revealed that at least two subpopulations exist for this species, one west to the west of Cape Agulhas and another to the east ( Maduna et al., 2016). During a long-term series of bottom trawl surveys by the F.R.S. Africana this species was never encountered at depths> 50 m ( Compagno et al., 1991). It is one of the most common species caught locally by shore anglers.

Conservation status: VU (2009).

SAIAB

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Carcharhiniformes

Family

Triakidae

Genus

Mustelus

Loc

Mustelus mustelus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M. 2021
2021
Loc

Squalus mustelus

Linnaeus, C. 1758: 235
1758
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