Tawny nurse shark
Nebrius ferrugineus
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Orectolobiformes
- Family
- Ginglymostomatidae
- Genus
- Nebrius
Where to Find
Found in 15 diving areas across 12 countries and 4 regions.
- Victoria, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 17 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 226 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 11 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 4 records