Smoothhound

Smoothhound
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see dogfish.
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Dogfish - name for a number of small sharks of several different families.

GRAY SMOOTHHOUND SHARK
Mustelus californicus, the gray smoothhound shark, is a harmless bottom dwelling reef shark. It is a mottled gray color and has barbels. It is also known as the dogfish, paloma, sand shark, or gray shark.

Dusky smoothhound (Mustelus canis) ' more
Sharptooth smoothhound (Mustelus dorsalis) ' more
Striped dogfish (Mustelus fasciatus) ' more ...

Related Species Gray Smoothhound (Mustelus californicus) lacks black spots; midpoint of first dorsal fin closer to insertion of pelvics than of pectorals; occurs in similar habitat from Cape Mendocino, California, to Mazatlan, Mexico.

Leopard sharks have been found with smoothhound sharks, bat rays, and even octopuses in their stomachs. Shovel for your supper How do leopard sharks get at buried prey?

Common smoothhound (Mustelus mustelus)
Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)
Sharptooth lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) ...

See also: Shark, Dogfish, Whale, Sea Lion, Whale Shark