Negaprion
Genus of sharks
| Negaprion Temporal range: Late Eocene-Present[1] | |
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| Lemon shark (N. brevirostris) | |
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| 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 |
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| Carcharias fronto Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | |
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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. 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
References
- ^ "Negaprion Whitley 1940 (lemon shark)". Fossilworks.org.
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly (2018). "Negaprion Whitley, 1940". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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Extant requiem shark species
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Chondrichthyes
- Subclass Elasmobranchii
- Subdivision Selachii
- Order Carcharhiniformes
- Blacknose shark (C. acronotus)
- Silvertip shark (C. albimarginatus)
- Bignose shark (C. altimus)
- Graceful shark (C. amblyrhynchoides)
- Grey reef shark (C. amblyrhynchos)
- Pigeye shark (C. amboinensis)
- Borneo shark (C. borneensis)
- Copper shark (C. brachyurus)
- Spinner shark (C. brevipinna)
- Nervous shark (C. cautus)
- Pacific smalltail shark (C. cerdale)
- C. coatesi
- Whitecheek shark (C. dussumieri)
- Silky shark (C. falciformis)
- Creek whaler (C. fitzroyensis)
- Galapagos shark (C. galapagenisis)
- Pondicherry shark (C. hemiodon)
- Finetooth shark (C. isodon)
- Smoothtooth blacktip shark (C. leiodon)
- Bull shark (C. leucas)
- Blacktip shark (C. limbatus)
- Oceanic whitetip shark (C. longimanus)
- Hardnose shark (C. macloti)
- Blacktip reef shark (C. melanopterus)
- Dusky shark (C. obscurus)
- Caribbean reef shark (C. perezi)
- Sandbar shark (C. plumbeus)
- Smalltail shark (C. porosus)
- Blackspot shark (C. sealei)
- Night shark (C. signatus)
- Spot-tail shark (C. sorrah)
- Australian blacktip shark (C. tilstoni)
- C. tjutjot
- Tiger shark (G. cuvier)
- Borneo river shark (G. fowlerae)
- Ganges shark (G. gangeticus)
- Northern river shark (G. garricki)
- Speartooth shark (G. glyphis)
- Irrawaddy river shark (G. siamensis)
- Daggernose shark (I. oxyrhynchus)
- Broadfin shark (L. temminckii)
- Borneo broadfin shark (L. tephrodes)
- Sliteye shark (L. macrorhinus)
- Whitenose shark (N. velox)
- Sicklefin lemon shark (N. acutidens)
- Lemon shark (N. brevirostris)
- Blue shark (P. glauca)
- Milk shark (R. acutus)
- Brazilian sharpnose shark (R. lalandii)
- Pacific sharpnose shark (R. longurio)
- Grey sharpnose shark (R. oligolinx)
- Caribbean sharpnose shark (R. porosus)
- Australian sharpnose shark (R. taylori)
- Atlantic sharpnose shark (R. terraenovae)
- Spadenose shark (S. laticaudus)
- Pacific spadenose shark (S. macrorhynchos)
- Whitetip reef shark (T. obesus)
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