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Mustelus mento Cope, 1877

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cope, Edward D. 1877. Synopsis of the cold blooded vertebrata, procured by Prof. James Orton during his exploration of Peru in 1876-77. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 33-49.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Carcharhiniformes
family
Triakidae
genus
Mustelus
species
Mustelus mento

Name

Synonyms
Galeorhinus mento (Cope, 1877)
Mustelus abbotti Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917
Mustelus edulis Pérez Canto, 1886
Homonyms
Mustelus mento Cope, 1877
Common names
Tollo, cazón in language.
speckled smooth-hound in English
Speckled Smoothhound in English
Musola fina in Spanish
Tollo fino in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 2.
  2. Cope, E. D. (1877). Synopsis of the cold blooded vertebrata, procured by Prof. James Orton during his exploration of Peru in 1876-77. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> v. 17: 33-49.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  4. Fowler 1941, 1951, Mann 1954, Bahamonde & Pequeño 1975, Sielfeld & Vargas 1999, Reyes & Hüne 2015.
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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