Family Ginglymostomatidae - Nurse sharks
  Order
:
Ginglymostomatidae
  Class
:
Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 3 | Species : 4 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Jurassic    
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Marine, all oceans. Small to large sharks with nasoral grooves, short to long barbels, small spiracles behind eyes. Two spineless fins and an anal fin, the second dorsal origin well ahead of the anal origin. A short precaudal tail, much shorter than the head and the body. These are common, small to large, nocturnal, inshore bottom sharks with a circumglobal distribution in subtropical and tropical waters, in depths from the intertidal down to at least 70 m. These sharks cruise and clamber on the bottom with their mouths and barbels close to the substrate while searching for food. They use their short, small mouths and large mouth cavities as a bellows to suck in their prey. Food items: bony fish, crabs, shrimps, lobsters, squids, octopuses, corals, sea urchins, sea squirts. Young born fully developed.
  Etymology
:
Greek, gynglimos = hinge + Greek, stoma = mouth. 1657 ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
bearers
  Typical activity level
:
sluggish
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Ginglymostomatidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)
acceptedseniornew
Squalus cirratus Bonnaterre, 1788
synonymseniororiginal
! Ginglimostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)
synonymseniornew
! Gyglinostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)
synonymseniornew
Squalus punctulatus Lacepède, 1800
synonymjuniororiginal
Squalus punctatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Squalus argus Bancroft, 1832
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Ginglymostoma caboverdianus de Brito Capello, 1867
synonymjuniororiginal
Ginglymostoma unami Del Moral-Flores, Ramírez-Antonio, Angulo & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal
Ginglymostoma cirratum (non Bonnaterre, 1788)
misappliedmisappliednew
Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1831)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
! Ginglymostoma ferruginaea (Lesson, 1831)
synonymseniornew
! Nebrius ferrugineum (Lesson, 1831)
synonymseniornew
Nebrius concolor Rüppell, 1837
synonymjuniororiginal
Ginglymostoma concolor (Rüppell, 1837)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Ginglymostoma muelleri Günther, 1870
synonymjuniororiginal
Scymnus porosus Ehrenberg, 1871
synonymjuniororiginal
Nebrodes macrurus Garman, 1913
synonymjuniororiginal
Nebrius macrurus (Garman, 1913)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Nebrius doldi Smith, 1953
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Ginglymostoma cirratum (non Bonnaterre, 1788)
misappliedmisappliednew
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