Short-tail nurse shark

Taxobox
name = Short-tail nurse shark
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Orectolobiformes
familia = Ginglymostomatidae
genus = "Pseudoginglymostoma"
genus_authority = Dingerkus, 1986
species = "P. brevicaudatum"
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range_map_caption = Range of short-tail nurse shark (in blue)
binomial = "Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum"
binomial_authority = (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 largely unknown, but it was assumed to be ovoviviparous. However, Artis has successfully bred 4 short-tail nurse sharks in 2007, which hatched from eggs laid by a shark from Sea Life Center Helsinki, showing the shark is oviparous. It survives for many hours out of water.

ee also

* List of sharks

References

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* http://www.artis.nl/main.php?pagina=paginas/a/persberichten - Dutch press statement about the birth of 4 short-tail nurse sharks