Synonyms: Ginglymostoma aff. cirratum, Ginglymostoma caboverdianus, Ginglymostoma cf. cirratum, Ginglymostoma cirrosum, Ginglymostoma fulvum, Nebrius cirratum, Nebrius cirratus, Scyllium cirrhosum, Squalus argus, Squalus cirratus, Squalus cirrhatus, Squalus punctatus, Squalus punctulatus
Common name: Nurse shark
Original description species: (BONNATERRE, 1788)
Genus: Ginglymostoma MÜLLER & HENLE, 1837
Family: Ginglymostomatidae GILL, 1862
Order: Orectolobiformes
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Subcohort: Neoselachii
Cohort: Euselachii
Subclass: Elasmobranchii