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title: "Gespikkelde toonhaai"
description: "Mustelus mento — Vissen. The speckled smooth-hound (Mustelus mento) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/speckled-smooth-hound
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gespikkelde toonhaai

> Mustelus mento — Vissen. The speckled smooth-hound (Mustelus mento) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae.

- Scientific name: *Mustelus mento*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 34
- Wikidata: [Q2399868](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2399868)
- iNaturalist taxon: [106263](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/106263)

## Names

- en: Speckled Smooth-hound
- de: Gefleckter Glatthai
- es: Tollo
- nl: Gespikkelde toonhaai

## Countries with the most observations

CL (23), PE (6)

## Summary

The speckled smooth-hound (Mustelus mento) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelf of the eastern Pacific, between latitudes 0° and 54° S, at depths between 16 and 50 m (52 and 164 ft). It can reach a length of 130 cm (51 in). Collectively with certain other species of shark, it is known as "tollo".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speckled_smooth-hound

## Photo

![Gespikkelde toonhaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/speckled-smooth-hound/medium.jpg)

Photo: unknown · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mumen_u0.gif

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/speckled-smooth-hound?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).