




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.
生息地: Coastal areas
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.





カテゴリ
魚類レア度
Common
危険度
2/5 · 低い
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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!
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.
This shark loves to munch on crabs, lobsters, and other tasty creatures with hard shells!
年齢による違い: Juveniles eat smaller invertebrates, while adults tackle larger crabs and molluscs.
Callinectes sapidus
eats blue crabs, a primary food source on the seafloor.
Homarus americanus
eats American lobsters, an important part of its diet.
Carcharhinus leucas
eaten by larger predatory sharks like the bull shark.
まだ別名はありません。
危険度
2/5 · 低い
Always stay safe by watching from the shore and never touch wild animals.
70-150 cm
2-12 kg
10-16 年
This shark loves to munch on crabs, lobsters, and other tasty creatures with hard shells!
20 km/h
Coastal areas
Foraging
200 m
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