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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Elasmobranchii</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Orectolobiformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Ginglymostomatidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Ginglymostoma</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pl'>Rekin wasaty</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Barroso</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Cação arumaru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Cação-lixa</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Dormedor</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Lambaru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Lixa</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Peixe anjo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Tubarao-ama</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Tubarão-ama</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Tubarao-dormedor</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Tubarão-dormedor</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Tubarão-enfermeira</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Tubarão-pajem</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Urumaru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Atlantický žralok chůva</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Almindelig nursehaj</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='da'>Atlantisk nursehaj</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Ammenhai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Atlantischer Ammenhai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Carpet shark</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Cat shark</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Dogfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Nurse shark</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Sand shark</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Ammhai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Atlantinpartahai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Requin dormeur</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Requin nourrice</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Requin-nourrice</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Vache de mer</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='it'>Squalo nutrice</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ja'>Amerika-tenjikuzame</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>акула усатая</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='ru'>акула-нянька</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='sv'>Amhaj</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='wo'>Bukh</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='wo'>Buux</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='wo'>Nêléwan</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Bañay</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Con barbillas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Gata</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Gata común</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Gata manchada</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Gata nodriza</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Gatas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Gullamano</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Nodriza</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Pejebobo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Pejebodo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Tiburón</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Tiburón de arena</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Tiburón de barbillas</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Tiburón gata</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Tiburón gato</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Dormedor</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Ehoua-yovo</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Gata</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Kathaai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Morski pes sesač</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Nini</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Sartji</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Tribon di piedra</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Tribon di santu</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Tribon inocente</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Tribon nocente</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Verpleegsterhaai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Zandhaai</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>鉸口鯊</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>铰口鲨</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ginglimostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ginglymostoma caboverdianus de Brito Capello, 1867</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Ginglymostoma fulvum Poey, 1861</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gyglinostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Squalus argus Bancroft, 1832</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Squalus cirratus Bonnaterre, 1788</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Squalus punctatus Bloch &amp; Schneider, 1801</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Squalus punctulatus Lacepède, 1800</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1992-06-15</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2024-08-12</dcterms:modified>
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	<dc:description>Common over shallow sand flats, in channels, and around coral reefs; Young may be found among prop roots of red mangroves (Ref. 26938).  Found on continental and insular shelves.  A solitary (Ref. 26340) and sluggish fish, often encountered lying on the bottom (Ref. 9987).  Macro-carnivore (Ref. 126840).  Nocturnal, feeding on bottom invertebrates such as spiny lobsters, shrimps, crabs, sea urchins, squids, octopi, snails and bivalves, and fishes like catfishes, mullets, puffers and stingrays.  Algae is occasionally found in its stomach.  This species feeds by sucking in food at high speed through its small mouth and large, bellows-like pharynx. It feeds on big, heavy-shelled conchs  by flipping them over and extracting the snail from its shell, presumably with its teeth and by suction.  Carnivore (Ref. 57616).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=247&amp;speccode=2532'>Compagno, L.J.V. 1984 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 1 - Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/1):1-249. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 247)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>430 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 96339)); max. published weight: 109.6 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 25 years (Ref. 72467)</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=96339&amp;speccode=2532'>Love, M.S., C.W. Mecklenburg, T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson 2005 Resource inventory of marine and estuarine fishes of the West Coast and Alaska: A checklist of North Pacific and Arctic Ocean species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Seattle, Washington, 98104. (Ref. 96339)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40637&amp;speccode=2532'>IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. (Ref. 40637)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=72467&amp;speccode=2532'>Clark, J. 1963 Aquarium records. Not given. (Ref. 72467)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073&amp;speccode=2532'>IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. (Ref. 57073)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 130 m (Ref. 43278), usually 1 - 35 m (Ref. 40849)</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='92-5-104543-7' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=43278&amp;speccode=2532'>Compagno, L.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 Spec. Cat. Fish. Purp. 1(2):269 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 43278)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40849&amp;speccode=2532'>Gasparini, J.L. and S.R. Floeter 2001 The shore fishes of Trindade Island, western South Atlantic. J. Nat. Hist. 35:1639-1656. (Ref. 40849)</reference></dataObject>
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