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Negaprion
Sign in to saveNegaprion is a genus of requiem sharks in the family Carcharhinidae. 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, and uniform yellowish brown or gray coloration.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderCarcharhiniformes
- FamilyCarcharhinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,941
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, USNM, UCMP
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Panama
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- Parent taxon
- Carcharhinidae
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- Lemonshark (2).jpg
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Negaprion is a genus of requiem sharks in the family Carcharhinidae. 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, and uniform yellowish brown or gray coloration.
==Species== Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) (sicklefin lemon shark) Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868) (lemon shark) †Negaprion eurybathrodon (Blake, 1862)
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