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Gary Rinaldi, license: CC BY-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Chondrichthyes
Class:
Elasmobranchii
Order:
Orectolobiformes
Family:
Ginglymostomatidae
Genus:
Ginglymostoma
Species:
cirratum
Common:
Nurse shark
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Fish, M. P., Mowbray, W. H. 1970. Sounds of Western North Atlantic Fishes, A Reference File of Biological Underwater Sounds. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
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Moulton, J. M. 1958. The Acoustical Behavior of Some Fishes in the Bimini Area. Biological Bulletin, 114(3): 357-374.