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
Basset Hound Basset Hound descends from French dogs that were bred in Great Britain in the late 1800s. The earliest-known depictions of short-legged hunting dogs are engravings from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. Mummified remains of short-legged dogs from that period have been uncovered in the Dog Catacombs of Saqqara, Egypt. Scent Hounds were used for hunting in both Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. The basset type originated in France, and is descended from the 6th century hounds belonging to St Hubert of Belgium, which through breeding at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Hubert eventually became what is known as the St