A review of the smooth-hound sharks (genus Mustelus, family Triakidae) of the western Atlantic Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and a new subspecies

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 894-928

  Heemstra, Phillip C ^a  

^a JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHONDRICHTHYES; MUSTELUS; MUSTELUS CANIS; MUSTELUS CANIS CANIS; MUSTELUS MUSTELUS; TRIAKIDAE;

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