Short-tail nurse shark
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| Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum (Günther, 1867) |
The short-tail nurse shark, Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum, is a nurse shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae, the only member of the genus Pseudoginglymostoma. It is found in the tropical western Indian Ocean between latitudes 0° S and 27° S, and reaches a length of 75 cm.
The short-tail nurse shark is a little-known inshore bottom shark of the continental and insular shelves. It is well adapted to lie amongst coral reefs due to its tough skin. Its breeding and feeding habits are unknown, but it is presumably ovoviviparous. It survives for many hours out of water.
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- "Pseudoginglymostoma cirratum". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. may 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
