Dusky smoothhound
Mustelus canis
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: NT - Near Threatened - close to qualifying for a threatened category in the near future
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Triakidae
- Genus
- Mustelus
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 16 countries and 4 regions.
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 7 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 2 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 2 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 4 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 1 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 3 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 2 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 2 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 5 records
- Mar del Plata, Argentina - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 2 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records