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Common names: Cazón blanco, Cazón tripa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Baja California and central Mexico (Ref. 96339).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
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Common names from other countries

Émissole blanche, Musola blanca, كلب البحر الأملس ذو أسنان حادَّة, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Triakidae (Houndsharks) > Triakinae
Etymology: Mustelus: Latin for weasel, an ancient name for sharks, possibly referring to the pointed snouts, swift movements and/or rapacious feeding behavior of smaller predatory sharks [strictly not tautonymous with Squalus mustelus Linnaeus 1758 since type was designated by the ICZN]. (See ETYFish); dorsalis: Latin for “of the back,” referring to “projection of the posterior angle of the first dorsal fin to the vertical of the origin of the ventrals”. (See ETYFish).
More on author: Gill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 20 - 200 m (Ref. 96339). Tropical; 20°N - 5°S

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Eastern Pacific: southern Mexico to Peru.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ?, range 43 - ? cm
Max length : 64.0 cm macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9253)

An inshore bottom-dwelling shark found on the continental shelves. Feeds primarily on shrimps and probably other crustaceans. Viviparous (with a yolk-sac placenta), with 4 young in a litter. Size at birth, 21 to 23 cm.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Viviparous, with a yolk-sac placenta (Ref. 244).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Colaboradores

Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Mustelus dorsalis Gill, 1864