{{Short description|Genus of sharks}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Smooth-hounds | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|56|0|ref=<ref>{{cite journal |last = Sepkoski |first = J. |author-link = Jack Sepkoski |title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry) |journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume = 363 |pages = 1–560 |date = 2002 |url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930154826/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class |archive-date = 2011-09-30 }}</ref>}} <small>Early Eocene to present</small> | image = Mustelus mosis phuket.jpg | image_caption = Arabian smooth-hound (''Mustelus mosis'') | taxon = Mustelus | authority = H. F. Linck, 1790 | type_species = ''Squalus mustelus'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 }}
'''''Mustelus''''', also known as the '''smooth-hounds''', is a genus of sharks in the family Triakidae. The name of the genus comes from the Latin word ''mustela'', meaning weasel.<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Mustelus | month = April | year = 2015}}</ref> It should not be confused with the name ''Mustela'', which is used for weasels.
A smooth-hound can grow to {{cvt|159|cm|ftin}} long and weigh more than {{cvt|13|kg|lb|0}}.<ref name="Animal">{{cite book |last=Kindersley |first= Dorling |year=2005 |title=Animal |location=New York City |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=0-7894-7764-5}}</ref>
==Species== Currently, 27 recognized species are placed in this genus:<ref>{{Catalog of Fishes|genus=Mustelus|access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref> * ''Mustelus albipinnis'' <small>Castro-Aguirre, Antuna-Mendiola, González-Acosta & De La Cruz-Agüero, 2005</small> (white-margin fin houndshark) * ''Mustelus andamanensis'' <small>White, Arunrugstichai & Naylorn, 2021</small> (Andaman smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus antarcticus'' <small>Günther, 1870</small> (gummy shark) * ''Mustelus asterias'' <small>Cloquet, 1821</small> (starry smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus californicus'' <small>T. N. Gill, 1864</small> (gray smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus canis'' <small>Mitchill, 1815</small> ** ''M. c. canis'' <small>Mitchill, 1815</small> (dusky smooth-hound) ** ''M. c. insularis'' <small>Heemstra, 1997</small> (Caribbean smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus dorsalis'' <small>T. N. Gill, 1864</small> (sharptooth smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus fasciatus'' <small>Garman, 1913</small> (striped smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus griseus'' <small>Pietschmann, 1908</small> (spotless smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus henlei'' <small>T. N. Gill, 1863</small> (brown smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus higmani'' <small>S. Springer & R. H. Lowe, 1963</small> (smalleye smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus lenticulatus'' <small>Phillipps, 1932</small> (spotted estuary smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus lunulatus'' <small>D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882</small> (sicklefin smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus manazo'' <small>Bleeker, 1854</small> (starspotted smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus mento'' <small>Cope, 1877</small> (speckled smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus minicanis'' <small>Heemstra, 1997</small> (dwarf smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus mosis'' <small>Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899</small> (Arabian smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus mustelus'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (common smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus norrisi'' <small>S. Springer, 1939</small> (narrowfin smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus palumbes'' <small>J. L. B. Smith, 1957</small> (whitespotted smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus punctulatus'' <small>A. Risso, 1827</small> (blackspotted smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus ravidus'' <small>W. T. White & Last, 2006</small> (Australian grey smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus schmitti'' <small>S. Springer, 1939</small> (narrownose smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus sinusmexicanus'' <small>Heemstra, 1997</small> (Gulf smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus stevensi'' <small>W. T. White & Last, 2008</small> (western spotted gummy shark) * ''Mustelus whitneyi'' <small>Chirichigno F., 1973</small> (humpback smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus widodoi'' <small>W. T. White & Last, 2006</small> (white-fin smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus ''sp. <small>not yet described</small> (Sarawak smooth-hound) * ''Mustelus ''sp. <small>not yet described</small> (Kermadec smooth-hound) ;Synonyms * ''Mustelus walkeri'' <small>W. T. White & Last, 2008</small> (eastern spotted gummy shark) - now seen as a synonym of ''M. antarcticus''
==See also== {{Portal|Sharks}} * List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2061110}} {{Authority control}}
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