WoRMS taxon details
Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815)
158518 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158518)
accepted
Species
Allomycter dissutus Guitart Manday, 1972 · unaccepted
Cynias canis (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill, 1815) · unaccepted
Mustelus canis insularis Heemstra, 1997 · unaccepted
Squalus canis Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill, 1815) accepted as Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815)
- Subspecies Mustelus canis insularis Heemstra, 1997 accepted as Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus canis Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [details]
Distribution Massachusetts to southern Brazil
Distribution Massachusetts to southern Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158518 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Allomycter dissutus Guitart Manday, 1972) Guitart Manday, D. J. (1972). Un nuevo género y especie de Tiburón de la familia Triakidae. <em>Poeyana, Series A, Instituto de Biologia.</em> 99: 1-4. [details]
original description (of Squalus canis Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [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]
original description (of Squalus canis Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. [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]
context source (HKRMS) Sin, Y. T. (2009). Age, growth and reproductive biology of whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) from Hong Kong and adjacent waters. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [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]
context source (HKRMS) Sin, Y. T. (2009). Age, growth and reproductive biology of whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) from Hong Kong and adjacent waters. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smooth dogfishgummy shark [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | émissole douce | [details] |
| Spanish | cazón dientón | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (49 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Allomycter dissutus Guitart Manday, 1972)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (311 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Squalus canis Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mustelus canis canis) (from synonym Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill, 1815))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mustelus canis insularis) (from synonym Mustelus canis insularis Heemstra, 1997)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mustelus canis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus canis Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus canis insularis Heemstra, 1997)
To FishBase (from synonym Allomycter dissutus Guitart Manday, 1972)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishSounds
To Genbank (from synonym Mustelus canis insularis Heemstra, 1997)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill, 1815))
To GenBank (93 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus canis RAD110782 and RAD110783 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus canis RAD110783-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Allomycter dissutus Guitart Manday, 1972)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (311 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Squalus canis Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mustelus canis canis) (from synonym Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill, 1815))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mustelus canis insularis) (from synonym Mustelus canis insularis Heemstra, 1997)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mustelus canis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus canis Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus canis insularis Heemstra, 1997)
To FishBase (from synonym Allomycter dissutus Guitart Manday, 1972)
To FishBase (from synonym Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill, 1815))
To FishSounds
To Genbank (from synonym Mustelus canis insularis Heemstra, 1997)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill, 1815))
To GenBank (93 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus canis RAD110782 and RAD110783 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mustelus canis RAD110783-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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