Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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)
└Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Elasmobranchii (Class)
  └Selachii (Infraclass)
   └Orectolobiformes (Order)
    └Ginglymostomatidae (Family)
     └Nebrius (Genus)

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