WoRMS taxon details
Mustelus palumbes Smith, 1957
214560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214560)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, J. L. B. (1957). A preliminary survey of the scylliogaleid dogfishes of South Africa. <em>South African Journal of Science.</em> v. 53 (no. 14): 353-359. [details]
Description Found on the continental shelf and upper slope from the intertidal region to deeper waters over sand and gravel bottoms....
Description Found on the continental shelf and upper slope from the intertidal region to deeper waters over sand and gravel bottoms. Feeds on crabs and probably benthic invertebrates. Ovoviviparous (aplacenta), with 3 to 8 young per litter; born at around 25 cm. (Ref. 5485). Processed for 'biltong', dried shark meat or jerky for human consumption. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mustelus palumbes Smith, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214560 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, J. L. B. (1957). A preliminary survey of the scylliogaleid dogfishes of South Africa. <em>South African Journal of Science.</em> v. 53 (no. 14): 353-359. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found on the continental shelf and upper slope from the intertidal region to deeper waters over sand and gravel bottoms. Feeds on crabs and probably benthic invertebrates. Ovoviviparous (aplacenta), with 3 to 8 young per litter; born at around 25 cm. (Ref. 5485). Processed for 'biltong', dried shark meat or jerky for human consumption. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | whitespotted smooth-hound | [details] |
