Species Profile

Ginglymostoma cirratum

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🐠 Fish

Nurse Shark

The nurse shark ( Ginglymostoma cirratum ) is an elasmobranch fish within the family Ginglymostomatidae. They are directly targeted in some fisheries and considered as bycatch in others. The conservation status of the nurse shark is globally assessed as being data deficient in- the IUCN List of Threatened Species owing to the lack of information across its range in the eastern Pacific Ocean and eastern Atlantic Ocean. They are considered to be a species of least concern in...

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