WoRMS taxon details
Mustelus palumbes Smith, 1957
214560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214560)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
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. (2024). FishBase. Mustelus palumbes Smith, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214560 on 2024-05-21
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
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] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Mustelus palumbes, South Africa, by Le Noury, P.)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Mustelus palumbes, South Africa, by Le Noury, P.)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
