Species
Mustela
IUCN
NCBI
EOL Text
A small, slim shark. Well-serrated dorsal fins, second nearly as large as first (Ref. 26938).
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Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Major Threats
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Paratype for Mustelus canis
Catalog Number: USNM 208013
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Unknown
Collector(s): W. Anderson & F. Williams
Year Collected: 1967
Locality: Cay Sal Bank, N.W. of Double Headed Shot Cays, Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Bahamian Archipelago, Atlantic
Depth (m): 214 to 214
- Paratype: Heemstra, P. C. 1997. Bulletin of Marine Science. 60 (3): 903, fig. 5.
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Large crustaceans, mainly crabs and lobsters.
- Bigelow, H. B. and Schroeder,W.C.,1953 ; Compagno, L.J.V., 1984.
Near Threatened (NT)
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Holotype for Mustelus canis
Catalog Number: USNM 208012
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Unknown
Collector(s): F. Williams
Year Collected: 1966
Locality: Cay Sal Bank, 5 Miles NW. of Cay Sal Island, Bahama Islands, Bahamas, Bahamian Archipelago, Atlantic
Depth (m): 214 to 214
- Holotype: Heemstra, P. C. 1997. Bulletin of Marine Science. 60 (3): 903, fig. 5.
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Found on continental and insular shelves and upper slopes, ranging from shallow inshore waters and the intertidal to 200 m, occasionally down to 579 m (Ref. 244). Occasionally found in freshwater. It is doubtful that this species can live in fresh water for an extended period of time (Ref. 244). Feeds on large crustaceans, mainly crabs, but also heavily on lobsters (Homarus) (Ref. 244). Probably non-territorial. Off the Atlantic coast of the USA, this species is migratory (Ref. 244).
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Conservation Actions
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Paratype for Mustelus canis
Catalog Number: USNM 37679
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): Public Museum, Institute of Jamaica
Locality: Jamaica, Greater Antilles, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
- Paratype: Heemstra, P. C. 1997. Bulletin of Marine Science. 60 (3): 903, fig. 5.
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