Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Nurse Shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Nurse Shark
Category: Nurse Sharks
Scientific Name: Ginglymostoma cirratum
Size: 5 to 12 ft. (1.5 to 3.5 m)  
Depth: 12-100 ft. (4-30 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of America, Brazil, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama, Gulf of California
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
      └Ginglymostoma (Genus)
       └G. cirratum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 105846🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49964🔗

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