Smooth+Dogfish

Thanks for visiting the page of the Smooth dog fish! Or known by scientists as the //Mustelus canis. // This animal is an fish vertebrate.

The smooth dogfish lives in oceans and is highly unlikley to be found fresh water. It lives in the waters of bays and inshore waters. They perfer shallow waters to swim and live in.
 * Habitat**

The smooth dogfish can be found in the western Atlantic ocean. From the bay of Fudy to Uruguay. Next from Cape Cod to the Deleware Bay.Then over the winters Chesapeake Bay to South Carolina. If you were to ever see a smooth dogfish its is olive gray of brown or can be shades of yellow or grayish white. Its length is 60 inches long or 1.5 meters. They grow quite fast reaching their maximum size at age 7-8. They also have teeth on both sides of their mouth. These animals live uo to 10 years long.
 * Range**
 * Physical Characteristics**

The smooth dogfish eats large crustaceans, such as lobsters, shimp, and crabs. When they are young they eat worms, small shimp, and crabs.
 * Diet**

These dog fish migrate seasonally. They move north in the spring and south in autum. They are nocturnal. They can also change colors or further known as camoflage.
 * Behavior**

The smooth dogfish females lay 4-20 eggs. Than a male fertilizes them. It takes 10-11 months for each of the eggs to hatch.
 * Reproduction**

If you have ever been to an aqurium then you might have seen a smooth dogfish. We also use this animals salt from its body to use on humans. Scientists also use this animal in labs.
 * What Does it Have to do With Us?**

This animal is very common. (=
 * Status**

Scientists have found fossils of this animal many years ago, they showed the smooth dogfish swam in water.
 * History**


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Sources** 1. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Smoothdogfish/SmoothDogfish.html 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_dogfish 3. http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/sharks/species/smoothdogfish.html