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Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) 
AphiaID: 105846

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Orectolobiformes (Order) > Ginglymostomatidae (Family) > Ginglymostoma (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Ginglymostoma Mueller & Henle, 1837
Synonymised
taxa
  Ginglimostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling)
Ginglymostoma caboverdianus Capello, 1867
Ginglymostoma fulvum Poey, 1861
Gyglinostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling)
Squalus argus Bancroft, 1832
Squalus cirratus Bonnaterre, 1788
Squalus punctatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Squalus punctulatus Lacepède, 1800
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces - Chondrichthyes, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 358-360 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English nurse shark  [details]
English sand shark  [details]
French requin nourrice  [details]
Portuguese cacao lixa  [details]
Portuguese gata atlantica  [details]
Spanish gata  [details]
Spanish gata nodriza  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Cuba (from synonym) [details]
type locality: West Indies (from synonym) [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 37 [details]
FAO fishing area 77 [details]
FAO fishing area 87 [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Specimens  Lectotype (from synonym): MNHN A.7654 [view taxon]
Holotype (from synonym): ZMB 5508, locality Cuba [view taxon]
Links To FishBase
To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Western Atlantic: Rhode Island, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and Carribean, Antilles [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]
Image 
Dollo (1904, plaat 9)
Dollo (1904, plaat 9)
added on 2009-08-12 - author: L. Dollo
scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105846 on 2010-09-02
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