Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > 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

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

Turkish: camgoz; camgöz; kopek baligi; köpek balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула куняча чорноцяткова

Literature

original description	Risso, A. (1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale, et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes. F. G. Levrault, Paris & Strasbourg. v. 3: i-xvi + 1-480, Pls. 1-16. [Fishes in vol. 3 of 5. Published in 1827, not 1826; see Forest 1958:474].
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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Mustelus punctulatus, by FAO)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1827. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105823