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

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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.

[edit] See also

• List of sharks

[edit] References

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