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title: "Mustel siwy"
description: "Mustelus mustelus — Ryby. The common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-smooth-hound
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mustel siwy

> Mustelus mustelus — Ryby. The common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae.

- Scientific name: *Mustelus mustelus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 369
- Wikidata: [Q260097](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260097)
- iNaturalist taxon: [56050](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56050)

## Names

- en: Common Smooth-hound
- de: Grauer Glatthai
- es: Musola lisa
- fr: Émissole lisse
- nl: Toonhaai
- pl: Mustel siwy

## Countries with the most observations

GB (62), ZA (49), CM (32), GR (30), IT (20), ES (14), FR (14), AL (9), PT (7), NA (5), TR (5), IE (4)

## Summary

The common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles to South Africa, and in the Mediterranean Sea, Madeira, and the Canary Islands at depths ranging from 5 to 625 metres (20 to 2,050 feet), although they usually stay at depths of 5 to 50 m (20 to 160 ft). While they can grow to 200 centimetres (80 inches), their usual maximum size is 150 cm (60 in). They commonly grow to 100–120 cm (40–50 in), with a birth length of around 35 cm (10 in). 
The reproduction of commons smooth-hounds is viviparous.

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

## Photo

![Mustel siwy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-smooth-hound/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paul Mnich · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176449732

## Machine access

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