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Nurse Shark

Nurse Shark

A robust shark with a broad head, short nasal barbels and rounded dorsal fins positioned towards the rear.

Ginglymostoma cirratum

All languages

English
Nurse Shark
Japanese
コモリザメ — こもりざめ — komorizame
Korean
대서양수염상어 — daeseoyangsuyeomsangeo
Spanish
tiburón nodriza
French
requin-nourrice de l'Atlantique
German
Atlantischer Ammenhai

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