It lives in reef areas where tides can be strong. Thanks to its thick skin and ability to pump water, it can wait in an exposed reef until the next tide.
Identity card
Short-tailed nurse shark
- Scientific name:
- Pseudoginglymostoma brevicauda
- Family:
- Ginglymostomatidae
- Class:
- Chondrichthyes
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- Günther, 1867
- IUCN Status:
- Critically Endangered
- Distribution:
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Western Indian Ocean (Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius).
- Habitat:
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Lives on the seabed, on the continental shelf and islands, in reef environments.
- Size:
75 cm max.
- Diet:
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Small fish, shellfish, crabs.
