Mustelus manazo: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Triakidae
- Genus
- Mustelus
- Species
- Mustelus manazo
- Scientific Name
- Mustelus manazo
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Starspotted smooth-hound
The starspotted smooth-hound (Mustelus manazo) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is a medium-sized shark with irregular white spots across its body. It is found in Northwestern Pacific as well as Kenyan water. This shark mainly inhabits shallow seas and feeds on benthic animals. This shark is ovoviviparous and gives birth to 2-6 larvae per clutch. Currently, due to overfishing, this species is on the edge of extinction.
...Mustelus manazo in languages:
- Czech
- hladkoun manazo
- Dutch
- Stervlektoonhaai
- English
- Starspotted Smooth-hound
- Japanese
- ホシザメ
- Russian
- Азиатская кунья акула
- Russian
- Японская кунья акула
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Mustelus albipinnis
- Mustelus andamanensis
- Mustelus antarcticus
- Mustelus asterias
- Mustelus californicus
- Mustelus canis
- Mustelus dorsalis
- Mustelus fasciatus
- Mustelus griseus
- Mustelus henlei
- Mustelus higmani
- Mustelus lenticulatus
- Mustelus lunulatus
- Mustelus manazo
- Mustelus mento
- Mustelus minicanis
- Mustelus mosis
- Mustelus mustelus
- Mustelus norrisi
- Mustelus palumbes
- Mustelus punctulatus
- Mustelus ravidus
- Mustelus schmitti
- Mustelus sinusmexicanus
- Mustelus stevensi
- Mustelus whitneyi
- Mustelus widodoi













