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Arabian smooth-hound
Mustelus mosis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Arabian smooth-hound
- Scientific
- Mustelus mosis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sharks
- Family
- Triakidae (houndsharks)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.5 m (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- On or near the bottom
- IUCN status
- NT · Near ThreatenedNear Threatened (NT), assessed 2018
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A slender, plain grey houndshark, often with a white-tipped first dorsal fin, reaching about 1.5 m. It lives in coastal waters.
In the Maldives
Listed by FishBase only as 'possibly present' in the Maldives; MRS notes earlier Maldives records under this name were misidentified Mustelus manazo. Sharks are fully protected in the Maldives (since 2010).
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Mustelus-mosis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Mustelus_mosis_phuket.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.