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The shark species "Pacific nurse shark"

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Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
Unfortunately, there is not yet a photo of this shark in the database
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Pacific nurse shark

Rough area of distribution

Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Animals (Animalia)
Phylum:
Vertebrates (Chordata)
Class:
Cartilagenous fishes (Chondrichthyes)
Order:
Carpet sharks (Orectolobiformes)
Family:
Nurse sharks (Ginglymostomatidae)
Genus:
Ginglymostoma
Names
Scientific:
Ginglymostoma unami
English:
Pacific nurse shark
German:
Pazifischer Ammenhai
Spanish:
Tiburón nodriza
Vulnerability
Category: Endangered (EN)
Criteria: A2cd
Last evaluated: 2021
Trend: Decreasing




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