Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Galeomorphi > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Triakidae > Subfamily Triakinae > Genus Mustelus

Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mustelus*	Linck, 1790	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: blackspotted smoothhound sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Blackspotted Smoothhound sources: english PESI focal point

German: Schwarzpunkt-Glatthai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Στικτογαλέος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: viduržemio jūros kiauniaryklis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: mustel śródziemnomorski sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: средиземноморская кунья акула sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула куняча чорноцяткова

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
Barcode of Life (163 barcodes)
FishBase
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105823