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Sharks & rays

Dusky Smooth-hound

Mustelus canis

Also known as: American Smooth Dogfish, Atlantic Smooth Dogfish, Dogfish, Dog Shark, Grayfish, Ground Shark, Nurse Shark, Smooth Dog, Smooth Dogfish, Smooth Hound, Smooth Hound Shark

Adult
@shizdan · Delaware, United States · August 20231 / 1
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Overview

Found in schools, over mud and sand bottoms, in shallow, to intertidal deep waters, over insular shelves and upper slopes of the continental shelf.
They feed on large crustaceans mainly crabs and lobsters.

Found in warm and temperate coastal seas.

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How to identify

Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Northwest Atlantic
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Found in schools, over mud and sand bottoms, in shallow, to intertidal deep waters, over insular shelves and upper slopes of the continental shelf.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classElasmobranchii
    4. orderCarcharhiniformes
    5. familyTriakidae
    6. genusMustelus
    7. speciesMustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815)

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    More in the family

    Carcharhiniformes