Short-tail Nurse Shark
Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Sharks and rays
The short-tail nurse shark is an orectolobiform 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 has a maximum recorded length of 75 cm.
Classification
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Order
- Orectolobiformes
- Family
- Ginglymostomatidae
- Genus
- Pseudoginglymostoma