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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Mustelus&speciesname=palumbes ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Mustelus&speciesname=palumbes http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Mustelus&speciesname=palumbes ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Mustelus&speciesname=palumbes https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Mustelus&speciesname=palumbes ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Mustelus-palumbes.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Mustelus Species in    Triakidae - Classification - Triakinae Triakidae Carcharhiniformes Elasmobranchii Chordata Animalia Mustelus palumbes Smith , 1957 Whitespotted smooth-hound Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Mustelus palumbes   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Mustelus palumbes Picture by Le Noury, P. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Elasmobranchii (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 ) ;   palumbes: Latin for wood-pigeon or ring-dove, referring to its dove-gray coloration. ( See ETYFish ) . More on author: Smith . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 443 m (Ref. 5578 ). Subtropical; 17°S - 36°S Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Southeast Atlantic: Namibia to central Natal, South Africa. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 244 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 0. A smoothhound with lines or scatterings of small white spots along body (Ref. 5578 ). Grey above, white below (Ref. 5578 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Found on the continental shelf and upper slope from the intertidal region to deeper waters over sand and gravel bottoms (Ref. 244 ). Feeds on crustaceans, octopi, bony fish, and fish offal (Ref. 5578 ). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449 ). Catch usually discarded but may be utilized in a local fishery that processes sharks into jerky (Ref. 244 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Ovoviviparous, embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449 ). 3 to 8 young per litter. Born at around 25 cm. (Ref. 5485 ). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | Collaborators 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 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 01 August 2019 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. Sounds Ciguatera Speed Swim. type Gill area Otoliths Brains Vision Tools E-book | Field guide | Length-frequency wizard | Life-history tool | Point map | Classification Tree | Catch-MSY | Special reports Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets Download XML Summary page | Point data | Common names | Photos Internet sources AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes : genus , species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome , nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go , Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record Estimates based on models Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 10.2 - 18, mean 12.8 °C (based on 80 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00224 (0.00105 - 0.00478), b=3.14 (2.97 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.5   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Fec=4). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Medium . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 16.9 [4.9, 85.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.471 [0.151, 1.782] mg/100g; Protein = 21.6 [19.3, 23.8] %; Omega3 = 0.144 [0.059, 0.331] g/100g; Selenium = 47.4 [14.1, 169.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.61 [2.26, 18.61] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.615 [0.270, 1.252] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-04-19 09:52:48 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation