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dusky smooth-hound

Mustelus canis

The dusky smooth-hound is a type of shark that has a smooth body and a friendly face. They are often found swimming in warm coastal waters and love to hunt for tasty fish and squid.

Hábitat: Coastal areas

Aspecto

The dusky smooth-hound has a slender, greyish-brown body on top, fading to a lighter, sometimes white, belly. Its most distinctive features are its blunt, rounded snout and two dorsal fins of similar size, without any anal fin. Its skin feels smooth to the touch, unlike many other sharks.

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dusky smooth-hound

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Its skeleton is made entirely of cartilage, not bone, making it super flexible!

The dusky smooth-hound gets its name because its skin feels smooth, not rough!

These sharks often travel in schools, sometimes numbering hundreds of individuals!

They can live in a wide range of water temperatures, from cool to warm seas!

Habilidades especiales

Dusky smooth-hounds can find hidden prey by sensing weak electric fields with special pores on their snout, even in murky water.

Dusky smooth-hounds have flat, pavement-like teeth that help them crush hard-shelled prey like crabs and clams with ease.

Dusky smooth-hounds give birth to fully formed, live pups that are ready to swim and hunt immediately after birth.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 70-150 cm
Peso: 2-12 kg
Esperanza de vida: 10-16 años
Velocidad de nado: 20 km/h
Profundidad máxima: 200 m
Tipo de agua: Agua salada

Dieta y alimentación

This shark loves to munch on crabs, lobsters, and other tasty creatures with hard shells!

Diferencias por edad: Juveniles eat smaller invertebrates, while adults tackle larger crabs and molluscs.

Alimentos principales

Crabs
Lobsters
Shrimp
Clams
Molluscs

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

Blue crab

Callinectes sapidus

eats blue crabs, a primary food source on the seafloor.

eats

American lobster

Homarus americanus

eats American lobsters, an important part of its diet.

eaten by

Bull shark

Carcharhinus leucas

eaten by larger predatory sharks like the bull shark.

Rasgos

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Piscívoro

Los organismos piscívoros son animales que subsisten principalmente de una dieta a base de peces.

Costero

Los hábitats costeros son entornos dinámicos situados a lo largo de la interfaz entre la tierra y el mar, influenciados por las mareas, las olas y el agua salada.