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    Species Accepted

    Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)

    Atlantic Nurse Shark
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Ginglymostoma
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Almindelig nursehaj Danish
      Atlantic Nurse Shark English
      Atlantischer Ammenhai German
      Cação-lixa Portuguese
      Dajkacápa Hungarian
      Gullamano Spanish
      Karibik-Ammenhai German
      Lambaru Portuguese
      Lixa Portuguese
      Requin dormeur French

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      9 results
      Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Panckoucke, Paris, i–lvi + 1–215, Pls. A–B. 1–100. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11660 10.5962/bhl.title.11660
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS).
      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.
      FishBase
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10065910/common/179425
      http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=890049
      PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points.
      Nelson, J. S., Crossman, E. J., Espinosa-Pérez, H., Findley, L. T., Gilbert, C. R., Lea, R. N., & Williams, J. D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom, pp.

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