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Negaprion brevirostris Lemon Shark

Negaprion brevirostris is commonly referred to as Lemon Shark. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 10000000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
2829 
AphiaID:
105800 
Scientific:
Negaprion brevirostris 
German:
Zitronenhai 
English:
Lemon Shark 
Category:
Sharks 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Carcharhinidae (Family) > Negaprion (Genus) > brevirostris (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Poey, ), 1868 
Occurrence:
Gambia, Guadeloupe, Suriname, El Salvador, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Grenada, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Moorea, Nicaragua, Oceanodromous, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 92 Meter 
Habitats:
Reef-associated 
Size:
up to 125.98" (320 cm) 
Weight:
184 kg 
Temperature:
21,9 °F - 82.4 °F (21,9°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Big fish, Edible crab, Lobster, Sepia, Small Sharks 
Tank:
2199784.42 gal (~ 10000000L)  
Difficulty:
suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-06-24 19:24:59 

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Like the bull shark, the lemon shark is a typical reef shark that prefers shallow areas. For this reason, there have already been unpleasant encounters between humans and animals with this species.

Like the bull shark, this species can cope well with strong fluctuations in salinity.
The species is crepuscular and nocturnal. Lemon sharks also leave their usual habitat for a certain period of time during the mating season and when giving birth.

The young grow up in typical nurseries, such as mangrove lagoons, where other fish also give birth to their offspring.
On the one hand, the table is generously laid here and on the other hand, these zones are generally not visited by larger predators.

There are public aquariums that keep these animals, but their suitability for keeping in captivity is controversial.

Shark bites can be quite lethal to humans, especially the 10 most dangerous shark species are considered and can launch unprovoked attacks from humans: - Great white shark - Bull shark - Tiger shark - Sand tiger shark - Blacktip shark - Bronze shark - Spinner shark - Blue shark - Hammerhead shark - Whitetip shark The bite by a shark is one of the most basic fears of humans, but the number of deaths caused by shark attacks is very low: in 2015 there were 98 attacks by sharks and in 6 cases the attack resulted in a fatal end for humans. In 2016 there were 107 attacks by sharks and in 8 cases the attack resulted in a fatal end for humans. Sources: http://hai.ch/Hai-Infos/Unfaelle/index.html http://www.focus.de/reisen/videos/auch-urlaubsorte-betroffen-schrecklicher-rekord-2016-gab-es-mehr-hai-angriffe-als-je-zuvor_id_6519581.html http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/hai-angriffe-erreichen-2015-rekordhoch-weiterer-anstieg-erwartet-a-1076339.html http://www.zeit.de/2016/37/haie-toetung-tierschutz-surfer
In 2022, there were a total of 108 shark attacks in the USA.

Conversely, however, 100 million sharks were killed by humans. http://www.zeit.de/2016/37/haie-toetung-tierschutz-surfer The risk of being bitten by a shark varies greatly from region to region, with most attacks occurring in Florida, Australia and South Africa. Please be careful not to go into the water with bleeding skin wounds, heed bathing warnings from the authorities and be very careful when using surfboards, as sharks can easily confuse the boards with seals and harbour seals. After shark bites, always call a doctor or / and the rescue service as soon as possible, as heavy bleeding can be life-threatening.

https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/shark-attack-statistics/

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