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Smooth Dogfish

Smooth Dogfish

Smooth Dogfish
Mustelus canis

Size:
to 4ft (male)
to 5 ft (female)

Habitat:
shallow coastal waters, in depths 30 ft and below.

Notes:

Smooth Dogfish are tannish-gray, slate-gray, or brown above. The lower sides and belly are white, grayish-white, or yellow. A sooty spot is often found near the tip of the upper lobe of the caudal fin. The species is distributed from New Brunswick, Canada, to Uruguay, and inhabits the bottoms of estuaries and coastal waters out to a depth of about 650 feet. During the spring and summer, most of the sharks are found in waters less than 60 feet deep.

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