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Mustelus lenticulatus (Gummy shark; Rig; Smooth-hound; Spotted dogfish; Spotted estuary rig; Spotted estuary smooth hound; Spotted estuary smooth-hound; Spotted smoothhound)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The spotted estuary smooth-hound or rig (Mustelus lenticulatus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae, found on the continental shelves and in estuaries around New Zealand. It is closely related to the gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus) of Australia. Males can grow up to a length of 125 cm, while females can reach a length of 151 cm. It is commercially fished, and is commonly served in fish and chip shops in New Zealand under the name lemonfish.
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Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  4 years
Male Maturity [1]  3 years 11 months
Litter Size [1]  11
Maximum Longevity [1]  20 years
Migration [2]  Oceanodromous

Prey / Diet

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Calliobothrium tylotocephalum[4]
Calliobothrium verticillatum[4]
Coronocestus coronatus[4]
Symcallio eschrichti[4]
Symcallio schneiderae[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0