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Monday, 28 February 2005 |
 Scientific name: Ginglymostoma cirratumSpanish name: Tiburón nodriza
Description: it is a bottom dweller, present an uniformly brown to brown-gray coloration, and has large, rounded fins.
Size: it can reach 4,25, but it's rarely longer than 3 meters.
Distribution: common in coastal coral reefs, in tropical waters of the east Pacific, from México to Perú, in the west Atlantic from Rhode Island USA to south Brasil; and the west of tropical Africa. Its probably the shark that divers find most often.
Feeding: bottom dwelling invertebrates as lobsters and other crustaceans, as well as snails, clams, octopus, squid, and any fish slow enough to be caught by it's great gulping and inhaling style of feeding.
Particularities: they have very noticeable barbells, that protrude from the nasal openings.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 November 2005 )
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