Biology:Negaprion

Short description: Genus of sharks

Negaprion Temporal range: Late Eocene-Present
Lemon shark (N. brevirostris)
Sicklefin lemon shark (N. acutidens)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Carcharhiniformes
Family:	Carcharhinidae
Genus:	Negaprion Whitley, 1940
Type species
Carcharias fronto Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Synonyms
Hemigaleops Schultz and Welander in Schultz, L.P., E.S. Herald, E.A. Lachner, A.D. Welander, et al., 1953 Mystidens Whitley, 1944

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)

See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera

References

Wikidata ☰ Q206485 entry