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    Species Accepted

    Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)

    Atlantic Nurse Shark

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      45 results
      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

      10 results
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      PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=147411
      van der Land, J., Costello, M. J., Zavodnik, D., Santos, R. S., Porteiro, F. M., Bailly, N., Eschmeyer, W. N., & Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, 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: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1411
      http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=890049
      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/
      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. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=168273
      North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
      FishBase
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10065910/common/179425
      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

      Citation

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