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title: "Short-tail Nurse Shark"
description: "Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum — Pesci. The short-tail nurse shark (Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum) is an orectolobiform shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae, the only member of the genus Pseudoginglymostoma."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/short-tail-nurse-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Short-tail Nurse Shark

> Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum — Pesci. The short-tail nurse shark (Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum) is an orectolobiform shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae, the only member of the genus Pseudoginglymostoma.

- Scientific name: *Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 21
- Wikidata: [Q29117](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29117)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49963](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49963)

## Names

- en: Short-tail Nurse Shark
- de: Kurzschwanz-Ammenhai
- es: Tiburón Nodriza de Cola Corta
- fr: Requin nourrice à queue courte
- nl: Kleine zusterhaai

## Countries with the most observations

KE (5), TZ (5)

## Summary

The short-tail nurse shark (Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum) is an orectolobiform shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae, the only member of the genus Pseudoginglymostoma.  It is found in the tropical western Indian Ocean between latitudes 0° and 27° S, and has a maximum recorded length of 75 cm.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-tail_nurse_shark

## Photo

![Short-tail Nurse Shark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/short-tail-nurse-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: G. H. Ford · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudoginglymostoma_brevicaudatum.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/short-tail-nurse-shark?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).