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Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Nurse shark
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Trinidad and Tobago country information

Common names: Dogfish, Gata, Nurse shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.cep.unep.org/trini_tbgo/fisheries/index.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Ginglymostomatidae (Nurse sharks)
Etymology: Ginglymostoma: ginglymus (Gr.), hinge; stoma (Gr.), mouth, presumably referring to how corner of mouth has a hinged appearance. (See ETYFish);  cirratum: Latin for having tendrils, referring to elongated nasal barbels. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Bonnaterre.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas; estuarina associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 130 m (Ref. 43278), usually 1 - 35 m (Ref. 40849).   Subtropical; 44°N - 35°S, 122°W - 10°E (Ref. 247)

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