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Old 08-21-13, 03:42 PM   #8
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Ah, in German the shark family of Ginglymostomatidae is called Ammenhaie, (nurse shark) but that also is used for one specific shark species only. Sand tigers belong to that family as well, but are never called Ammenhai in German, but Sandtigerhai. When we refer to Ammenhaie, then we usually do not mean the family, but the single species only that is not the specific nurse shark.

wikipedia says the family of Ginglymostomatidae is small and includes three species only.
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