Colonel William A. Phillips

The whitespotted smooth-hound (Mustelus palumbes) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the southeast Atlantic from Namibia around South Africa, between latitudes 17° S and 36° S, from the surface to a depth of 440 m. It can reach a length of 1.2 m. The reproduction of this houndshark is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. ^ Pollom, R.; Da Silva, C.; Fernando, S.; Leslie, R.; McCord, M.E.; Winker, H. (2020). "Mustelus palumbes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60247A124455981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60247A124455981.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespotted_smooth-hound