Short-tail nurse shark

Short-tail nurse shark
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Ginglymostomatidae
Genus:	Pseudoginglymostoma; , 1986
Species:	P. brevicaudatum
Binomial name
	Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum; (Günther, 1867)
	Range of short-tail nurse shark (in blue)

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° and 27° S, and reaches a length of 75 cm.

Distribution[]

In 2020, a short-tail nurse shark was caught on footage in South Africa by Forrest Galante as he searched for the whitetip weasel shark.

References[]

^ Pollom, R., Bennett, R., Jabado, R.W., Kuguru, B. & Samoilys, M. (2019). "Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T44617A124435749.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Pseudoginglymostoma cirratum" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
http://www.artis.nl/main.php?pagina=paginas/a/persberichten - Dutch press statement about the birth of 4 short-tail nurse sharks

[IUCN-1] Pollom, R., Bennett, R., Jabado, R.W., Kuguru, B. & Samoilys, M. (2019). "Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T44617A124435749.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Short-tail nurse shark

Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Ginglymostomatidae
Genus:	Pseudoginglymostoma , 1986
Species:	P. brevicaudatum
Binomial name
*Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum* (Günther, 1867)

Range of short-tail nurse shark (in blue)

Short-tail nurse shark

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