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| Scientific Name | Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Jamaica, Caribbean Sea, western Atlantic. |
| Synonym(s) | Ginglimostoma cirratum, Ginglymostoma caboverdianus, Ginglymostoma fulvum, Gyglinostoma cirratum, Squalus argus, Squalus cirratus, Squalus punctatus, Squalus punctulatus |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 4300mm or 169.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Western Atlantic: Rhode Island, USA to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, Antilles. Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde to Gabon; accidental to France. Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California and southern Baja California, Mexico to Peru. Closely related species are found in the Indian Ocean. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Vulnerable , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie, pp 7. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
| Forum BBCode | |
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 | Look up G. cirratum on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up G. cirratum on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:34.218.1517.8502 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:07 (species record created: 2021 Dec 26 04:49) |