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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).
Negaprion is a genus of requiem sharks in the family Carcharhinidae. [2] 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 .
The sicklefin lemon shark may also be referred to as broadfin shark, Indian lemon shark, Indo-Pacific lemon shark, or simply lemon shark. [ 2 ] Based on microsatellite DNA evidence, the sicklefin lemon shark is thought to have diverged from its sister species N. brevirostris 10–14 million years ago, when the closure of the Tethys Sea ...
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An extinct requiem shark [1] C. plumbeus: Commonly known as the sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus upper teeth (modern) [1] Negaprion: N. brevrostris: Commonly known as the lemon shark Negaprion brevirostris upper teeth [1] Rhizoprionodon: Commonly known as the sharpnose shark [1] Pteromylaeus: Commonly known as the bull ray [1] Aetobatus
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 ...
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