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Tawny nurse shark or giant sleepy shark - Nebrius ferrugineus

Family GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE - Nurse Sharks

Resouces from government sites on Nebrius ferrugineus :

ADW: Nebrius ferrugineus: Classification
Nebrius ferrugineus (tawny nurse shark). Classification. What do these icons mean?
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Nebrius.html

ADW: Nebrius: Classification
Species Nebrius ferrugineus (tawny nurse shark). Home - About Us - Special Topics -
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/ssg/sharknews/sn13/shark13news19.htm

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
...miyaru. Scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, Kalhigandu miyaru. Tawny nurse
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/ssg/sharknews/sn10/shark10news1.htm

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Expedition: Tawny nurse shark, Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1830). Silvertip
http://www.nova.edu/~thomasjd/ozreef01/ozreef_log.html

OZReef Log Page
Last, but not least, we spotted an Eppaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) and
http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/bio/tax/Chondrichthyes.txt

Subclass Order Family Genus species Common name Full Finished # of ...
Speckled carpetshark Ginglymostomatidae nurse sharks 3 Ginglymostoma brevicaudatum
http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/peet/participants/caira.htm

caira
Caira, JN Parasites of the tawny nurse shark, Nebrius ferrugineus: Another case
http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0002&L=shark-l&F=&S=&P=9247

SHARK-L archives -- February 2000 (#85)
...her. /Kevin. Marnie Horton wrote: > Yes, Kevin I believe that your shark
http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind0002&L=shark-l&F=&S=&P=836

SHARK-L archives -- February 2000 (#9)
...flowed >>I'm not positive of the scientific name but I believe the shark
http://uio.mbl.edu/browser/index.php?func=name_detail&ubioID=879023



Academic web resources on Nebrius ferrugineus :

NPSpecies Report
Park Status, Abundance, Residency, Nativity. Nebrius ferrugineus, moemoeau, nurse
http://www.nps.gov/npsa/NPSAfish/NSAlistc_nop.htm

National Park of American Samoa
Naso unicornis, ume-isu, bluespine unicornfish, 172289. Naso vlamingi, ume-masimasi,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Link&db=PubMed&dbFrom=PubMed&from_uid=12537113

Entrez PubMed
Abstract, Five new species of Pedibothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=159978

ITIS Standard Report Page: Nebrius
Direct Children: Species, Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1831) -- gata nodriza atezada,
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=564616



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