sharptooth smooth-hound

{{Short description|Species of shark}}

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| image = FMIB 50627 Galeus dorsalis Gill Panama.jpeg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Kyne, P.M. |author2=Charvet, P. |author3=Areano, E.M. |author4=Cevallos, A. |author5=Espinoza, M. |author6=González, A. |author7=Herman, K. |author8=Mejía-Falla, P.A. |author9=Morales-Saldaña, J.M. |author10=Navia, A.F. |year=2020 |title=Mustelus dorsalis |volume=2020 |page=e.T44580A124433729 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44580A124433729.en |access-date=28 October 2024}}

| genus = Mustelus

| species = dorsalis

| authority = Gill, 1864

| range_map = Mustelus dorsalis distmap.png

}}

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The sharptooth smooth-hound (Mustelus dorsalis) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the tropical eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to Peru between latitudes 20°N and 5°S. Its length is up to {{cvt|64|cm}}.

The sharptooth smooth-hound dwells on the bottom, feeding on crustaceans, particularly shrimp. Reproduction is viviparous, with four pups per litter, and length at birth about {{cvt|21|cm}}.