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It contains the two extant species of lemon sharks: the lemon shark (N. brevirostris) of the Americas, and the sicklefin lemon shark (N. acutidens) of the Indo-Pacific. Both species are large, slow-moving, bulky sharks inhabiting shallow coastal waters, and can be identified by their short, blunt snouts, two dorsal fins of nearly equal size ...
The lemon shark was first named and described in 1868 by Felipe Poey. [7] He originally named it Hypoprion brevirostris, but later renamed it Negaprion brevirostris. [7] The lemon shark has also appeared in literature as Negaprion fronto and Carcharias fronto (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882), Carcharias brevirostris (Gunther, 1870), and Carcharhinus brevirostris (Henshall, 1891).
Nasolamia velox (C. H. Gilbert, 1898) (white-nose shark) Genus Negaprion [[Whitley, 1940. Negaprion acutidens Rüppell, 1837) (sickle-fin lemon shark) Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868) (lemon shark) Genus Prionace Cantor, 1849. Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (blue shark) Genus Rhizoprionodon Whitley, 1929. Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell ...
Animal: Blacktip reef shark. Names: Unknown. Make a good pet? Much happier in the wild. Tracy Morgan’s Octopus ©Christopher R Mazza/iStock via Getty Images.
The sicklefin lemon shark usually swims close to the bottom. Courtship behavior - a male (right) follows a female. A sluggish species, the sicklefin lemon shark is usually seen cruising sedately just above the sea bottom or lying still on it, as unlike most requiem sharks, it is capable of actively pumping water over its gills.
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Negaprion eurybathrodon is an extinct species of lemon shark, which existed globally from the Late Eocene to the Pliocene. [1] It was described by Blake in 1862. [ 2 ]
In this screen capture, Jill Horner a recent transplant to the area from Buffalo, N.Y., captured video of a shark swimming off Hilton Head Island on Sept. 4, 2022, Labor Day weekend.