Author: Gill, 1864
FBname: Gray smoothhound
Comments: A common inshore and offshore shark found on the continental shelves, and entering shallow muddy bays.  Feeds mostly on crabs, including cancrids and grapsids, ghost shrimp, innkeeper (echiuroid) worms (<i>Urechis</i>), and small fish (herring and midshipmen, <i>Porichthys</i>).  Viviparous (with a yolk-sac placenta), with 2 to 5 young in a litter.  Utilized for human consumption.