Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Tawny Nurse Shark
Nebrius ferrugineus
Tawny Nurse Shark
Category: Nurse Sharks
Scientific Name: Nebrius ferrugineus
Size: Up to 10 ft (3.2 m)  
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum) Cartilaginous Fishes
  └Elasmobranchii (Class) Sharks and Rays
   └Selachii (Infraclass) Sharks
    └Orectolobiformes (Order) Carpet sharks
     └Ginglymostomatidae (Family) Nurse Sharks
      └Nebrius (Genus)
       └N. ferrugineus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 220030🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49962🔗

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