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

# Starry Smooth-hound

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

- Scientific name: *Mustelus asterias*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 154
- Wikidata: [Q2419006](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2419006)
- iNaturalist taxon: [106253](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/106253)

## Names

- en: Starry Smooth-hound
- de: Weißgefleckter Glatthai
- es: Caella
- fr: Émissole tachetée
- nl: Gevlekte toonhaai

## Countries with the most observations

GB (86), FR (16), BE (9), NL (6), IE (3)

## Summary

The starry smooth-hound (Mustelus asterias) is a houndshark of the family Triakidae. It is found on the continental shelves of the northeast Atlantic, between latitudes 61 and 16° N, from the surface to a depth of 200 m (660 ft).

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

## Photo

![Starry Smooth-hound](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/starry-smooth-hound/medium.jpg)

Photo: jwxll · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235526395

## Machine access

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