Definition of Mustelus canis

1. Noun. Found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas.

Exact synonyms: American Smooth Dogfish
Group relationships: Genus Mustelus, Mustelus
Generic synonyms: Smooth Dogfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mustelus Canis

Mustagh
Mustagh Range
Mustapha
Mustard operation
Mustard procedure
Mustela
Mustela erminea
Mustela frenata
Mustela nigripes
Mustela nivalis
Mustela putorius
Mustela rixosa
Mustela vison
Mustelidae
Mustelus
Mustelus canis (current term)
Mustelus mustelus
Mustelus norrisi
Mustique
Mutamycin
Mutawa
Mutawa'een
Muth-labben
Muthammani
Muthammanis
Mutillidae
Mutinus
Mutinus caninus
Mutsuhito
Mutsun

Literary usage of Mustelus canis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on Entozoa of Marine Fishes of New England: With Descriptions of by Edwin Linton (1890)
"I flnd in my notes records of eight different captures of this species, each time in the spiral valve of the smooth dog-fish (Mustelus canis). ..."

2. Contributions from the Anatomical Laboratory by Brown University Anatomical Laboratory (1905)
"Glycerin-acetic extracts of Mustelus canis convert starch to sugar. ... The natural juice of the stomach of Mustelus canis digested fish and fibrin in vitro ..."

3. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1882)
"Page 130, species 20: The Mustelus canis of our Atlantic coast seems to us to be perfectly identical with the European species, the American name having ..."

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