Ginglymostomatidae
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Elasmobranchii
- order
- Orectolobiformes
- family
- Ginglymostomatidae
Name
- Homonyms
- Ginglymostomatidae
- Common names
- Ammenhaie in German
- Nurse Sharks in English
- Squalo nutrice in Italian
- Tiburones nodrizas in Spanish
- Verpleegsterhaaien in Dutch
- gatas in Spanish
- gatas in Spanish
- gatas nodriza in Spanish
- nurse shark in English
- nurse sharks in English
- nurse sharks in English
- requins nourrices in French
- requins-nourrices in French
- requins-nourrices in French
- tubarões de leite in Portuguese
- viiksihait in Finnish
- vouskatcovití in Czech
- Акулонянькові in Ukrainian
- Акулы-няньки in Russian
- アメリカテンジクザメ科 in Japanese
- コモリザメ科 in Japanese
- 鉸口鯊科 in Chinese
- コモリザメ科 in Japanese
- gatas nodriza in Spanish
- nurse sharks in English
- requins nourrices in French
- tubarões de leite in Portuguese
Bibliographic References
- Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
- Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p.
- Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
- Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
- Compagno, Leonard J. V., 2001: 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). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, no. 1, vol. 2. viii + 269.
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
- FishBase
- Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
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- Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374