Blackspotted smooth-hound
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| image = Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827 583413867.jpg
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Mustelus
| species = punctulatus
| authority = A. Risso, 1827
| range_map = Mustelus punctulatus distmap.png
}}
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The blackspotted smooth-hound (Mustelus punctulatus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae found on the continental shelves of the subtropical eastern Atlantic from the Mediterranean to the Western Sahara, between latitudes 45 and 20°N, from the surface to a depth of {{cvt|250|m}}. It can reach of a length of {{cvt|1.5|m}}.
Parasites
As other sharks, the blackspotted smooth-hound harbours a number of parasites. Triloculotrema euzeti is a monocotylid monogenean parasite within the nasal tissues, which was described in 2016 from sharks caught off Tunisia.{{cite journal|last1=Boudaya|first1=Lobna|last2=Neifar|first2=Lassad|title=Triloculotrema euzeti n. sp. (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissues of the blackspotted smooth-hound Mustelus punctulatus (Carcharhiniformes, Triakidae) from off Tunisia|journal=Parasite|volume=23|year=2016|pages=62|issn=1776-1042|doi=10.1051/parasite/2016072|pmid= 28008824|pmc= 5188901}} {{open access}}
References
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- {{Cite iucn | author = Jabado, R.W., Dulvy, N.K., Farrell, E.D., Buscher, E. & Derrick, D. | name-list-style = amp | title = Mustelus punctulatus | volume = 2021 | page = e.T161485A124493853 | date = 2021 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T161485A124493853.en }}
- {{FishBase| genus = Mustelus | species = punctulatus | month = July | year = 2006}}
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Category:Fish of the Mediterranean Sea