AY Honors/Species Account/Negaprion brevirostris

}} Template:Portal The lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, is a shark that belongs to the family Carcharhinidae that can grow Template:Convert long. It is known as the lemon shark because at certain depths, the light interaction with the local seawater can make this shark have a tanned and yellow pitted appearance, much like the surface of a lemon.

Distribution and habitat

The lemon shark is found mainly along the subtropical and tropical parts of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South America, and around Pacific Islands. The longest lemon shark recorded was 13 ft long, but they are usually 8 to {{convert| />

• Template:IUCN2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is near threatened
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• Washington Post, 2005, Aug. 22nd: "Scientists Fear Oceans on the Cusp Of a Wave of Marine Extinctions"

External links

• Lemon shark facts and pictures