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Ginglymostoma brevicaudatum
short-tail nurse shark·Günther, 1867
GBIF:155390529
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PROFILE
Species Profile
Habitat
Marine
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Darwin Core Archive (ZIP)
GEOGRAPHY
Distribution Map
REGIONS
Geographic Distribution(8)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone(KE)
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone(KE)
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone(MU)
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone(SC)
Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone(SC)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone(TZ)
Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone(TZ)
Zanzibar(TZ)
DATA
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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.
short-tail nurse sharkeng
Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.
short-tail nurse shark
eng
Source: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
CLASSIFICATION
Taxonomic Classification Tree
IDENTIFIERS
External Identifiers(1)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
NCBI:txid1213745
Occurrences with images
CITATIONS
References(2)
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
basis of record
Playfair, R. L.; Günther, A. (1867). The fishes of Zanzibar, with a list of the fishes of the whole east coast of Africa. <em>London.</em> i-xiv + 1-153, Pls. 1-21.
original description