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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Elasmobranchii (Class)
   └Selachii (Infraclass)
    └Orectolobiformes (Order)
     └Ginglymostomatidae (Family)
      └Ginglymostoma (Genus)
       └G. cirratum (Species)

Sharks & Rays
Nurse Sharks

Nurse Shark



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