Common smooth-hound on its underneath. It is often confused with the starry smooth-hound which has white spots on its back. The starry smooth-hound can often have faded spots which leads to misidentification. Another shark it is often confused with is the tope shark although the common smooth hound has a larger second dorsal fin. Due to the similarities between the common smooth-hound and other sharks, misidentification occurred for a long time. The common smooth-hound has two dorsal fins, an anal fin, a pair of pectoral fins, a pair of pelvic fins and a heterocercal tail. All of these fins help stabilise the
Creature Features (WNEW) most of the Japanese "monster movies" produced by Toho Studios, and Daiei Motion Picture Company (famous for their "Godzilla" and "Gamera" movies). They also broadcast all the best British horror films by Hammer Film Productions, like The Quatermass Xperiment - under the US title "The Creeping Unknown"", "The Curse of Frankenstein", "", "The Phantom of the Opera", "The Curse of the Werewolf", and "The Hound of the Baskervilles". Also Amicus Productions, and Tigon British Film Productions films such as "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors", and "The House That Dripped Blood". But what became most well known about "Creature Features" is