Common smoothhound
Mustelus mustelus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Triakidae
- Genus
- Mustelus
Where to Find
Found in 22 diving areas across 12 countries and 3 regions.
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 44 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 4 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 9 records
- Istria Peninsula, Croatia - 274 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 24 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 13 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 19 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 6 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 47 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 7 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 6 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 1 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 1 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 2 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 33 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 21 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 19 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 1 records