WoRMS taxon details
Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815)
AphiaID: 158518
AphiaID: 158518
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Triakidae (Family) > Triakinae (Subfamily) > Mustelus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Mustelus Linck, 1790 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Allomycter dissutus Guitart Manday, 1972 Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill, 1815) Mustelus canis insularis Heemstra, 1997 Squalus canis Mitchill, 1815 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill, 1815) accepted as Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815) Subspecies Mustelus canis insularis Heemstra, 1997 accepted as Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Nemesis robusta (van Beneden, 1851) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Kroyeria lineata van Beneden, 1853 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Pseudocharopinus bicaudatus (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Eudactylina valei Nuñes-Ruivo, 1956 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1865 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Achtheinus oblongus Wilson C.B., 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (258 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 30 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on large crustaceans, mainly crabs, but also heavily on lobsters [details] Distribution: Massachusetts to southern Brazil [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Habitat: Found at depths of 0- 579m. [details] Importance: Social- Comercial, fishery and gamefish [details] Reproduction: Viviparous (with a yolk-sac placenta), with 4 to 20 young in a litter [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158518 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158518 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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