Negaprion
| Negaprion Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Present
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| Lemon shark (N. brevirostris) | |
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| Sicklefin lemon shark (N. acutidens) | |
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| Genus: | Negaprion Whitley, 1940
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| Aprionodon acutidens queenslandicus Whitley, 1939
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Negaprion is a genus of requiem sharks in the family Carcharhinidae, containing 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)
† = extinct
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved January 9, 2008.