Speckled smooth-hound Speckled smooth-hound 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 . It can reach a length of . Collectively with certain other species of shark, it is known as "tollo". The speckled smooth-hound is a robust shark with a moderately long, blunt snout, small eyes, short mouth and molar-like teeth without cusps. The trailing edge of the dorsal fins have small, pointed projections. The pectoral fins are large and the pelvic fins moderately large. The caudal
Hound trailing the popularity of the sport led to the establishment of the "Hound Trailing Association" in 1906, this was followed by the Border Hound Trailing Association in 1933 and later the Yorkshire Hound Trailing Association and associations in County Cork and County Kerry. Trail hounds have evolved into a distinct breed or type of hound specifically bred for performance alone, they are sleek, hard muscled hounds with almost whippet like bodies. Trail hounds descend from the Fell hounds, foxhounds found in the north of England. In his "Foxes, foxhounds and fox-hunting", Richard Clapham stated "fell hounds trace their origin back to