Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Elasmobranchii: order
Orectolobiformes: family
Ginglymostomatidae: genus
Ginglymostoma: species
Ginglymostoma cirratum

Name

Synonyms: Ginglimostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788); Ginglymostoma caboverdianus de Brito Capello, 1867; Ginglymostoma fulvum Poey, 1861; Gyglinostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788); Squalus argus Bancroft, 1832; Squalus cirratus Bonnaterre, 1788; Squalus punctatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Squalus punctulatus Lacepède, 1800
Homonyms: Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788); Ginglymostoma cirratum (Gmelin, 1789)
Common names: Almindelig nursehaj in Danish; Ammenhai in German; Atlantic Nurse Shark in English; Atlantinpartahai in Finnish; Atlantischer Ammenhai in German; Atlantischer Ammenhai in German; Atlantischer Ammenhai in German; Atlantischer ammenhai in German; Bañay in Spanish; Cação-lixa in Portuguese; Con barbillas in Spanish; Dajkacápa in Hungarian; Dormedor in Portuguese; Gata in Spanish; Gata nodriza in Spanish; Gullamano in Spanish; Gullamano in Spanish; Karibik-Ammenhai in German; Lambaru in Portuguese; Lixa in Portuguese; Nurse shark in English; Nurse shark in English; Pejebodo in Spanish; Rekin wasaty in Polish; Requin dormeur in French; Requin dormeur in French; Requin nourrice in French; Requin-nourrice in French; Requin-nourrice in French; Requin-nourrice atlantique in French; Squalo nutrice in Italian; Squalo nutrice atlantico in Italian; Tiburón de arena in Spanish; Tiburón-gata in Spanish; Tribon di santu in language.; Tribon inocente in language.; Tubarao-ama in Portuguese; Tubarao-dormedor in Portuguese; Tubarão-ama in Portuguese; Tubarão-dormedor in Portuguese; Tubarão-dormedor in Portuguese; Tubarão-lixa in Portuguese; Tubarão-lixa-do-Atlântico in Portuguese; Vache de mer in French; Vache de mer in French; Verpleegsterhaai in Dutch; cacao lixa in Portuguese; cacao lixa in Portuguese; gata in Spanish; gata in Spanish

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