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Definition of Mustelus canis
1. Noun. Found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas.
Group relationships: Genus Mustelus, Mustelus
Generic synonyms: Smooth Dogfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mustelus Canis
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 ..."