False Cat Shark, Smoojh Dogfish 



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False Cat Shark 

 Pseudotriakis microdon Brito Capello 



Color: Body a uniform browp-gray. 



Distribution: Both sides of the North Atlantic. Rare. In 



western Atlantic a single specimen reported washed ashore 



near Amagansett, Long Island, New York. 



Size: Maximum length recorded, 9% feet. 



General Information: Has been captured in the eastern 



Atlantic at depths of 980-4,840 feet. 



Economic Importance: None. 



Smooth Dogfish 

 Mustelus canis (Mitchill) 



Color: Upper part of body olive-gray, slate gray, or brown. 

 Lower part yellow, white, or gray-white. 

 Distribution: Mouth of Bay of Fundy south to Uruguay. 

 Most common from Cape Cod to Virginia. 

 Size: Attains a maximum length of about 5 feet, but 3-4- 

 foot specimens are more common. 



General Information: This is one of the most numerous 

 sharks in the southern New England and Middle Atlantic 

 areas. It is commonly caught in bays and estuaries and 

 along ocean beaches in depths of 60 feet or less. Crabs are 

 its chief food. Also eats small fish, squid, shellfish, and 



