Speckled smooth-hound seabed on the continental shelf at depths of between . Reports of this fish occurring in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina are thought to be erroneous, and are likely to refer to the narrownose smooth-hound ("Mustelus schmitti"), another shark that is speckled with white spots. The speckled smooth-hound is ovoviviparous with eggs that develop within the female and hatch into juvenile fish which are about at birth. Litter sizes are typically seven. Along with the humpback smooth-hound ("Mustelus whitneyi") and the spotted houndshark ("Triakis maculata"), this fish is known to local fisheries as "tollo" and is caught
Hound Bay Hound Bay Hound Bay () is a bay, which is wide at its mouth and recedes , entered between Tijuca Point and Cape Vakop along the north coast of South Georgia. The names "George Bay" and "Hundebugten" have appeared on charts for this feature. The South Georgia Survey, 1951–52, reported that this bay was better known to whalers and sealers as "Bikjebugten" (the word Bikje implying any low type canine). The name Hound Bay, proposed by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an English form of this name. On 21 April 1982, the British Special Boat Service was landed at