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Negaprion brevirostris (Poey, 1868)

Lemon shark
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Virgin Islands (US) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Juveniles, 51.8 cm, were caught in Manning Bay Lagoon; adults occasionally seen near reefs. Also observed in caves outside Isaacs Bay. Feeds on fishes. Grows to a length of 335 cm (Ref. 26180). Also Ref. 244.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ogden, J.C., J.A. Yntema and I. Clavijo, 1975
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Requin citron, Tiburón galano, Requiem shark, ... more

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

sub class Elasmobranchii (ฉลามและกระเบน) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Negaprion: negatus (L.), to deny; prion (Gr.), saw, referring to lack of saw-like serrations on teeth cusps. (See ETYFish);  brevirostris: Latin for having a wide forehead, referring to very broad, depressed head [treated as a junior synonym of N. brevirostris by some workers]. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Poey.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range นิเวศวิทยา

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