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Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum  (Günther in Playfair and Günther, 1867)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 621079

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Ginglymostoma brevicaudatum Günther in Playfair and Günther, 1867
  
  Common Name(s): gata nodriza rabicorta [Spanish]
  
    requin-nourrice à queue courte [French]
  
    short-tail nurse shark [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassChondrichthyes   
                      ClassChondrichthyes  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, condrictes, peixe cartilaginoso, tubarão, poissons cartilagineux, raies, requins  
                         SubclassElasmobranchii  – cartilaginous fishes, rays, sharks, skates, torpedoes  
                            SuperorderEuselachii   
                               OrderOrectolobiformes  – gatas nodrizas, requins-tapis, tiburones tapiceros, carpet sharks  
                                  FamilyGinglymostomatidae Gill, 1862 – gatas, requins-nourrices, nurse sharks  
                                     GenusPseudoginglymostoma Dingerkus, 1986  
                                        SpeciesPseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum (Günther in Playfair and Günther, 1867) – gata nodriza rabicorta, requin-nourrice à queue courte, short-tail nurse shark  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compagno, Leonard J. V.  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date, vol. 2: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, no. 1, vol. 2   
  Page(s): viii + 269   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-104543-7   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
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