Species of Concern
Nurse Shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Also known as: Sand Shark, Atlantic Nurse Shark
VUElasmobranchiiOrectolobiformesGinglymostomatidae
Seasonal Activity
29,548 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
All monthsThis month
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Orectolobiformes
- Family
- Ginglymostomatidae
Photo
(c) Rafael de la Parra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rafael de la Parra
CC-BY-NC-4.0
Occurrence data from GBIF.