WoRMS taxon details
Mustelus schmitti Springer, 1939
271393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271393)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Springer, S. (1939). Two new Atlantic species of dog sharks, with a key to the species of Mustelus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 86 (no. 3058): 461-468., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.86-3058.461 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mustelus schmitti Springer, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271393 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Springer, S. (1939). Two new Atlantic species of dog sharks, with a key to the species of Mustelus. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 86 (no. 3058): 461-468., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.86-3058.461 [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 (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mustelus schmitti)
To FishBase
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 106 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus schmitti RAD109827-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus schmitti RAD109827-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mustelus schmitti)
To FishBase
To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 106 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus schmitti RAD109827-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus schmitti RAD109827-001)
To ITIS