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Pacific nurse shark

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Chondrichthyes

Order
  
Orectolobiformes

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Subclass
  
Elasmobranchii

Family
  
Ginglymostomatidae

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Similar
  
Short‑tail nurse shark, Borneo river shark, Speckled catshark, Floral banded wobbegong, Irrawaddy river shark

Ginglymostoma unami, also known as the Pacific nurse shark is a nurse sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae. It is found in southeastern coast of Baja California, Mexico to Costa Rica including Gulf of California. This species differs from Ginglymostoma cirratum between posterior end of the second dorsal fin and the beginning of the caudal lobe, both being shorter; the new species also differs by the position of the insertion of the first dorsal fin with regard to the pelvic fins and in the form and number of keels on the dermal denticles and teeth morphology.

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Pacific nurse shark Wikipedia